《20世纪档案》以史为鉴，力求全面、真实地记录20世纪世界历史的进程。

本书编者怀有一种使命感——胸怀祖国、放眼世界，从中国人的视角去冷静、客观地审视20世纪，对众多历史事件和历史人物的评价，尽量采用中国学者的最新研究成果，尽可能地向世人多介绍中国各方面的发展情况。

全书以365个重大历史事件、历史人物、科技发明和社会演变，构成一幅虽然谈不上精深但至少是真实公正的历史画卷。

l月1日 1942年 26国签署《联合国家宣言》世界反法西斯战线形成

1941年底，德、日法西斯不断扩大侵略规模，对世界造成的危害日益深重。美英两国首脑创议签署一项对轴心国作战的共同宣言。1942年1月1日，美、英、苏、中、澳等26国代表在华盛顿等地，共同签署《联合国家宣言》。宣言签署国决心遵照1941年《大西洋宪章》的原则，相互协作，全力投入反法西斯战争。宣言标志着世界反法西斯战线形成。

January 1, 1942 Twenty-six allied countries signed the Declaration by the United Nations and the world anti-fascist front is established.

At the end of 1941, the alliance of Germany, Japan, and Italy known as Axis, continued expanding its scope of invasions, inflicting tremendous suffering on much of the world. American and British leaders decided to sign a declaration of combined operations against Axis. On January 1, 1942, 26 delegates from the United States, Britain, the Soviet Unions, China, Australia and other countries signed the Delaration by the United Nations in Washington and in other locations throughout the world. They were determined to uphold the principle of the Atlantic Charter and to cooperate in an all-out war against fascism. The Declaration marked the formation of the worlds anti-fascist front.