The lives of 16 million soldiers and 39 million civilians, a total of 55 million dead, or almost four times the death toll of World War I! However, back in 1919, before the League’s Covenant had ever gone into effect, Jehovah’s Witnesses (then known as Bible Students) declared publicly that the League must fail, for peace could not come through such human efforts.
१९४२ के मध्य - युद्ध वर्ष से, यहोवा के गवाहों ने समझ लिया था कि उस समय निष्क्रिय शांति और सुरक्षा की संस्था अपनी निष्क्रियता के अथाह कुंड में से निकल आएगा ।