The document outlines major events from 1942-1945, including the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations to control conflicts or make progress on disarmament without an effective military force. It discusses Germany invading the Rhineland in 1936 and the U.S. passing Neutrality Acts. The Rome-Berlin Axis formed in 1936 and Japan invaded China in 1937. By 1939, Czechoslovakia became part of the Third Reich and Poland was attacked in September 1939. France surrendered in June 1940, leaving Britain alone until the U.S. passed the Lend-Lease Act in 1941, providing billions in aid to Britain and other allied nations.