The document outlines major events leading up to World War 2, including Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany, Mussolini rising to power in Italy, Japan attacking China, Germany invading parts of France and taking over Austria and Czechoslovakia, Hitler invading Poland which led to Britain and France declaring war on Germany, and Germany invading the Soviet Union. These events show the expansion of fascist rule and military aggression in Europe and Asia in the late 1930s that ultimately resulted in the start of World War 2.