Footnote

d On page 701 of The Americana Annual for 1944 we read: “UNITED NATIONS, the name of the international coalition formed at Washington, D.C., on 1 Jan. 1942 and pledged to wage war to the end against the Axis aggressors and to work together, following victory on the battle fronts, for the establishment of a lasting peace, based on justice. Twenty-six nations, through their representatives, affixed their signatures to the joint declaration on the date of its original promulgation, eight others having signed up to 1 Feb. 1944.”