Allied and Axis Powers

Find out the roles that were played by different nations in World War II.

Axis Powers

Axis Powers, Signers of the Tripartite Pact
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan

Countries that were seized by, or at war with, Axis Powers before World War II

  • Austria
  • Ethiopia
  • Republic of China

Source:  "World War 2 Countries."  World War 2. World-War-2.info, 2011.  Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.world-war-2.info/countries/>


Countries that were attacked, occupied, or switched sides

Countries that were attacked, occupied, or switched sides during the war (many declared neutrality before being assaulted).

  • Algeria
  • Albania (occupied by Italy April 7th 1939, by Germany September 26th 1943)
  • Belgium (invaded by Germany May 10th 1940)
  • Burma
  • Czechoslovakia(1) (Bohemia and Moravia occupied by Germany March 15th 1939)
  • Denmark (occupied by Germany April 9th 1940, Greenland occupied by USA April 9th 1941)
  • Estonia (occupied by the Soviet Union from June 18th 1940, by Germany September 5th 1941, re-annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944)
  • Finland (attacked by the Soviet Union November 30th 1939 and June 26th 1941)
  • France (surrendered to Germany June 22nd 1940)
  • Greece (invaded by Italy October 28th 1940, German occupation from April 6th 1941)
  • Iceland (occupied by Great Britain May 10th 1940, by USA from July 1941)
  • India
  • Iran
  • Latvia (occupied by the Soviet Union from June 18th 1940, by Germany June 25th 1941, re-annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944)
  • Lithuania (occupied by the Soviet Union from June 18th 1940, by Germany June 22nd 1941, re-annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944)
  • Luxembourg (invaded by Germany May 10th 1940)
  • Morocco
  • The Netherlands (invaded by Germany May 10th 1940)
  • New Guinea
  • Norway (invaded by Germany April 9th 1940)
  • Philippines
  • Poland (invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939)
  • Singapore
  • Syria
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia (Occupied by USA in 1943)
  • Yugoslavia(3) (German occupation from April 6th 1941)

 

Source:  "World War 2 Countries."  World War 2. World-War-2.info, 2011.  Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.world-war-2.info/countries/>

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Allied Powers

Allied Powers

  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Newfoundland
  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
  • Soviet Union (from June 1941)
  • United Kingdom
  • United States (from December 1941)

Supporters of the Allies

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt(2)
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Turkey
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

Source:  "World War 2 Countries."  World War 2. World-War-2.info, 2011.  Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.world-war-2.info/countries/>

Neutral Countries

Countries that remained neutral

  • Ireland
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden (with exception for the Winter War)
  • Switzerland

Source:  "World War 2 Countries."  World War 2. World-War-2.info, 2011.  Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://www.world-war-2.info/countries/>

Imperialism

im·pe·ri·al·ism

  
[im-peer-ee-uh-liz-uhm] 
–noun
1.
the policy of extending 
 the rule or authority of 
an empire ornation 
over foreign countries, or 
of acquiring and holding
 colonies and dependencies.
2.
advocacy of imperial  interests.
3.
an imperial  system of 
government.
4.
imperial  government.
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