The group of countries known as the Allies of World War II consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries supporting the Triple Entente who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

World Map with the participants in World War II.
The Allies depicted in green (those in light green entered after the attack on Pearl Harbor), the Axis Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey.

"The Big 3": Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting at Tehran in 1943.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 31 KB)Map with the Participants in World War II: Dark Green: Allies before the Attack on Pearl Harbour Light Green: Allied countries that entered after the Attack on Pearl Habour Orange: Axis Powers Dark green dots represent countries that... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 31 KB)Map with the Participants in World War II: Dark Green: Allies before the Attack on Pearl Harbour Light Green: Allied countries that entered after the Attack on Pearl Habour Orange: Axis Powers Dark green dots represent countries that... Participants in World War II involves all nations who either participated directly or were affected by any of the theatres or events of World War II. // Alliances World Map with the participants in World War II. The Allies depicted in green (those in light green entered after the Attack on... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes Casualties... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... http://www. ... http://www. ... Stalin redirects here. ... FDR redirects here. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC(Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Tehran (IPA: ; Persian: تهران, also transliterated as Teheran or Tehrān), population 7,160,094 (metropolitan: 14,000,000[citation needed]), and a land area of 658 square kilometers, is the capital city of Iran and the center of Tehran Province. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

China

Main article: Second Sino-Japanese War

By the time World War II began, the Republic of China had been fighting the Empire of Japan since 1937. Combatants Republic of China Empire of Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhu De, He Yingqin Tojo Hideki, Matsui Iwane, Minami Jiro, Kesago Nakajima, Toshizo Nishio, Neiji Okamura. ... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Area 7. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

During the 1920s, the Kuomintang government was aided by the Soviet Union, which helped to reorganize the party along the Leninst model of the unification of party, state, and army. However, following the unification of China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek purged leftists from his party and refused to ally with the Communist Party of China to fight against the Japanese, and instead opted to fight both at once. This remained the case even after the Mukden Incident and the puppet regime of Manchuria set by Japanese troops in 1931. Chiang's anti-communist campaigns continued while he fought small, incessant conflicts against Japan throughout the 1930s. This period saw China lose territories piece by piece to Japan. The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The Chinese Nationalist Party (Traditional Chinese: 中國國民黨; Simplified Chinese: 中国国民党; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo Kuo-min-tang; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhōngguó Guómíndǎng), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a conservative political party currently active in the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. ... A generalissimo is a commissioned officer of the highest rank; the word is often translated as Supreme Commander or Commander in Chief. It is an Italian superlative substantive, which grammatically would actually be disallowed in Italian (superlatives can be made with adjectives only). ... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887–April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931, also called the Manchurian Incident, occurred in southern Manchuria when a section of railroad, owned by Japans South Manchuria Railway, near Mukden (todays Shenyang) was blown up. ... Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: Mǎnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Beginning in early 1930s, Germany and China became close partners in areas of military and industrial exchange. Nazi Germany provided the largest proportion of Chinese arms imports and technical expertise. Following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, China and Japan became embroiled in a full-scale war which continued until 1945. Initially, Germany denounced Japanese war crimes in China, such as the Nanking Massacre of 1937. However Germany also recognized that Japan was more capable of fighting the Soviet Union, and soon broke off the cooperation with China in May 1938. The Soviet Union, wishing to keep China in the fight against Japan, supplied China with some military assistance until 1941, until it made peace with Japan to prepare for the war against Germany. Close Sino-German cooperation, dating back to the 1920s, was instrumental in modernising the industry and the armed forces of the Republic of China, especially in the period immediately preceding the Second Sino-Japanese War. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (盧溝橋事變; also known as 七七事變, 七七盧溝橋事變) was a battle between Japans Imperial Army and Chinas National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Japanese war crimes refers to events which occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Eastern Front of World War II was the theatre of war covering the conflict in central and eastern European regions from June 1941 to May 1945. ...

Even though China had been fighting the longest among all the Allied powers, it only officially joined the Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941. Chiang Kai-shek felt Allied victory was assured with the entrance of the United States into the war and he declared war on Germany and the other Axis nations. However, Allied aid remained low as the Burma Road was closed and the Allies suffered a series of military defeats against Japan early on in the campaign. The bulk of military aid would not arrive until the spring of 1945. More than 1.5 million Japanese troops were trapped in the China Theater; troops that otherwise could have been deployed elsewhere had China collapsed and made a separate peace with Japan. Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes Casualties... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The Burma Road is a road linking Burma (also called Myanmar) with China. ...

Key alliances are formed

On September 1, the German invasion of Poland began World War II. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Germany on September 3. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa and Canada followed suit within days. On September 17, the Soviets invaded Poland from the East. The following year, the USSR annexed the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) together with parts of Romania, and attacked Finland. The German-Soviet agreement was brought to an end by the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Combatants Poland Germany Soviet Union Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-Śmigły Fedor von Bock (Army Group North) Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South) Ferdinand Čatloš (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions 16 brigades 4,300 guns 880 tanks 400 aircraft Total: 1,000,000[1] 56 German divisions, 33+ Soviet... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Polish Defence War of 1939 Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign (alternatively refered to as the German plan Fall Weiss) refers to the conquest of Poland by the armies of Nazi Germany and the... Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which nowadays refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. ... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 200,000 men, 32 tanks, 119 aircraft (In the beginning), 250,000 men, 30 tanks, 130 aircraft (At the end) 460,000 men, 1,500 tanks, 1,000 aircraft (In the beginning), 1,000,000... Combatants Axis Powers Soviet Union Commanders Supreme commander: Adolf Hitler Supreme commander: Josef Stalin Strength ~ 3. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

The United States of America joined the Allies following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The Declaration by United Nations, on January 1, 1942, officially united 26 nations as Allies. (The Declaration also formed the basis for the United Nations.) The informal Big 3 alliance of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States emerged in the latter half of the war, and their decisions determined Allied strategy around the world. Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes Casualties... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The Declaration by United Nations was a World War II document agreed to on January 1, 1942 by 26 governments, several of them governments-in-exile. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Dates on which states joined the Allies

Western allies blue, Soviet allies red, Axis powers black over the course of the war.

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Following the German invasion of Poland

• Poland: 1939, 1 September
• United Kingdom: 1939, 3 September
• France: 1939, 3 September
• Australia: 1939, 3 September
• New Zealand: 1939, 3 September
• Nepal: 1939, 4 September
• Newfoundland: 1939, 4 September
• Tonga: 1939, 4 September
• South Africa: 1939, 6 September
• Canada: 1939, 10 September

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After the end of the Phony War

• Denmark: 1940, 9 April
• Norway: 1940, 9 April
• Belgium: 1940, 10 May
• Luxembourg: 1940, 10 May
• Netherlands: 1940, 10 May
• Free France: 1940, 18 June
• Greece: 1940, 28 October
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 1941, 6 April
• Soviet Union: 1941, 22 June
• Tannu Tuva: 1941, 25 June

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor

• Panama: 1941, 7 December
• Philippines: 1941, 7 December
• Costa Rica: 1941, 8 December
• Dominican Republic: 1941, 8 December
• El Salvador: 1941, 8 December
• Haiti: 1941, 8 December
• Honduras: 1941, 8 December
• Nicaragua: 1941, 8 December
• United States of America: 1941, 8 December
• Republic of China: 1941, 9 December
• Guatemala: 1941, 9 December
• Cuba: 1941, 9 December
• Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (Govt. in exile): 1941, 9 December
• Czechoslovakia (Govt. in exile) : 1941, 16 December
• Mexico: 1942, 22 May
• Brazil: 1942, 22 August
• Ethiopia: 1942, 14 December
• Iraq: 1943, 17 January
• Bolivia: 1943, 7 April
• Iran: 1943, 9 September
• Italy: 1943, 13 October (formerly a member of the Axis)
• Colombia: 1943, 26 November
• Liberia: 1944, 27 January

Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 fleet submarines, 5 midget submarines, 441 planes Casualties... Image File history File links Flag_of_Panama. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica_(state). ... 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Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guatemala. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... 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After D-Day

• Romania: 1944, 25 August (formerly a member of the Axis)
• Bulgaria: 1944, 8 September (formerly a member of the Axis)
• Finland September 19, 1944 (formerly a member of the Axis)
• San Marino: 1944, 21 September
• Albania: 1944, 26 October
• Hungary: 1945, 20 January (formerly a member of the Axis)
• Bahawalpur: 1945, 2 February
• Ecuador: 1945, 2 February
• Paraguay: 1945, 7 February
• Peru: 1945, 12 February
• Uruguay: 1945, 15 February
• Venezuela: 1945, 15 February
• Turkey: 1945, 23 February
• Lebanon: 1945, 27 February
• Saudi Arabia: 1945 March
• Argentina: 1945, 27 March
• Chile: 1945, 11 April
• People's Republic of Mongolia: 1945, 9 August

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Formal alliances during the war

Original allies

The original allies were those states that declared war on Nazi Germany following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German: Unity and Justice and Freedom”) Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen (3rd stanza) also called Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Capital Berlin Largest city Berlin Official language(s) German 1 Government Federal Republic  - President Horst Köhler (CDU)  - Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)  - Vice Chancellor...

• Republic of Poland
• French Republic
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

These countries were allied to each other by a net of common defence pacts and military alliance pacts signed before the war. The Franco-British Alliance dated back to the Entente Cordiale of 1904 and the Triple Entente of 1907, active during the World War I. The Franco-Polish Alliance was signed in 1921 and then amended in 1927 and 1939 The Polish-British Common Defence Pact signed on August 25, 1939 contained promises of mutual military assistance between the nations in the event either was attacked by Nazi Germany Poland never officially surrendered to the Third Reich and the Polish government in exile after 1939 continued the Polish contribution to World War II on several fronts with hundreds of thousands of members in the Polish Army in France and UK, as well as the Home Army in occupied Poland. The Soviet Union however, did not recognize the government and in 1943 organized the Polish People's Army under Rokossovsky, around which eventually it constructed the post-war successor state the People's Republic of Poland in 1952. Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto; French for God and my right) 3 Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area Official language(s) None5 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP Formation... The Entente Cordiale (French for friendly understanding) is a series of agreements signed on April 8, 1904, between the United Kingdom and France. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... European military alliances in 1915. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nikolay II Nikolay Yudenich Radomir Putnik Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar Potiorek Ä°smail... The term Franco-Polish Military Alliance refers to the military alliance between Poland and France that was active between 1921 and 1939. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Polish-British Common Defence Pact was an annex to the Franco-Polish Military Alliance signed on August 25, 1939 between representatives of the United Kingdom and Poland. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Government of the Polish Republic in exile was the government of Poland after the German occupation of Poland in September 1939. ... Poland: First to Fight (poster, 1939). ... Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... For other meanings of Home Army see: Home Army (disambiguation) The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the pre-eminent underground military organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... Armia Ludowa (AL, pronounced ; English Polish Peoples Army) was a Polish World War II resistance organisation. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: КОНСТАНТИН КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ РОКОССОВСКИЙ, Polish name Konstanty Rokossowski) (December 21, 1896 - August 3, 1968), Soviet military commander and Polish Defence Minister, was born in the town of Velikie Luki near Pskov in northern Russia, the son of a Polish railway... The succession of states theory asserts that all possessions and territory held by a state are automatically transferred to the successor state, the state which succeeds it. ... The Peoples Republic of Poland or Polish Peoples Republic (Polish: Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1989, during its period of rule by the Communist party, officially called the Polish United Workers Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza, or PZPR). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

British, Dutch and French colonies fought alongside their metropolitan countries, and many continued their contribution also when the mother countries were occupied.

The British Commonwealth

In addition to the United Kingdom, several independent members of the British Commonwealth — the official name in 1926-49 — known as the Dominions, declared war on Germany separately, either on the same day, or soon afterwards. These countries were: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland (which was not part of Canada until 1949) and South Africa. The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as the Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ... A dominion, often Dominion, is the territory or the authority of a dominus (a lord or master). ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

The Indian Empire (including the areas covered by the later Republic of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the many British Crown Colonies around the world were controlled politically by Britain and therefore also entered hostilities with Britain's declaration of war. The Indian Empire suffered 1,500,000 civilian casualties, more than the U.K. It also contributed about 2,500,000 personnel and suffered 87,000 military casualties, more than any Commonwealth country other than the U.K. The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ... A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...

The Oslo Group

The Oslo Group was an organisation of officially neutral countries. Four members later joined the Allies, as governments in exile: the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A government in exile is a political group that claims to be a countrys legitimate government, but for various reasons is unable to exercise its legal power, and instead resides in a foreign country. ...

The Republic of Finland was invaded by the USSR on November 30, 1939 [1]. Later Finland and the Kingdom of Denmark officially joined the Axis Anti-Comintern Pact. The Kingdom of Sweden remained officially neutral. Following the Moscow armistice of September 1944, Finland effectively joined the Allies and expelled German forces. This led to a series of armed clashes called the Lapland War. November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and Japan on November 25, 1936. ... Combatants Germany Finland Commanders Lothar Rendulic Hjalmar Siilasvuo Strength 200,000 60,000 Casualties 950 killed 2,000 wounded 1,300 captured 774 killed 3,000 wounded 262 missing The Lapland War is a name used for the hostilities between Finland and Germany between September 1944 and April 1945. ...

Iceland and Greenland, respectively in union with Denmark and a Danish colony, were occupied by the Allies for most of the war. British forces took control in Iceland in 1940, and it was used to facilitate the movement of Lend Lease equipment. Forces from the United States, although they were officially neutral at the time, occupied Greenland on April 9, 1941. The US also took over in Iceland on July 7, 1941. Iceland declared full independence from Denmark in 1944, but never declared war on any of the Axis powers. President Roosevelt signs H.R. 1776, the lend-lease bill to give aid to Great Britain, China and Greece Lend-Lease was an act made by the United States Federal government during World War II which enabled the United States to provide the Allied nations with war material while the...

Portugal

Although Portugal remained officially neutral, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was invoked in World War II leading to the establishment of an Allied base in the Azores. Portugal protested the occupation of Portuguese Timor by Allied forces in 1942, but did not actively resist. The colony was subsequently occupied by Japan; Timorese and Portuguese civilians assisted Allied commandos in resisting the Japanese (see: Battle of Timor). Macao was also occupied by Japan. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do Heroísmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória... Portuguese Timor is the former name (1596 - 1975) of East Timor when it was under Portuguese control. ... The Battle of Timor (1942–43) occurred on the island of Timor, in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on February 20, 1942, on one side and Allied personnel, predominantly from Australia and the Netherlands, on the other. ...

Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was negotiated at the Atlantic Conference by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aboard warships in a secure anchorage at Argentia, Newfoundland (located on Placentia Bay) and was issued as a joint declaration on August 14, 1941. Churchill meets FDR aboard USS Augusta at their 1941 secret meeting at Argentia, Newfoundland. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of Her Majestys Government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC(Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... FDR redirects here. ... Argentia, Newfoundland Argentia on the Avalon Peninsula Argentia is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the northeast coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Placentia Bay is a body of water on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

The Atlantic Charter established a vision for a post-World War II world, despite the fact the United States had yet to enter the war. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ...

In brief, the nine points were:

1. no territorial gains sought by the United States or the United Kingdom;
2. territorial adjustments must be in accord with wishes of the people;
3. the right to self-determination of peoples;
4. trade barriers lowered;
5. global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare;
6. freedom from want and fear;
7. freedom of the seas;
8. disarmament of aggressor nations, postwar common disarmament
9. defeat of Germany and other Axis powers

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Comintern

The following socialist and pro-Soviet forces also fought against the Axis powers before or during the Second World War. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Soviet redirects here. ... The word axis has several meanings: In mathematics, axis can mean: A straight line around which a geometric figure can be rotated. ...

• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• International Brigades
• Popular Front
• Albanian National Liberation Army
• Chinese People's Liberation Army
• Moldova [2] & Bukovina
• Communist Party of Yugoslavia
• Greek National Liberation Front
• Malayan Communist Party
• Tudeh Party of Iran
• Mongolian People's Republic
• Polish People's Army
• Viet Minh
• People's Republic of Azerbaijan [3]
• Kurdish People's Republic

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Declaration by United Nations

Declaration by United Nations, January 1, 1942
(26 signatories)

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• United States of America
• Republic of China
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Commonwealth of Australia
• Kingdom of Belgium
• Canada
• Republic of Costa Rica
• Republic of Cuba
• Czechoslovak Republic
• Dominican Republic
• Republic of El Salvador
• Kingdom of Greece
• Republic of Guatemala
• La Republique d' Haiti
• Republic of Honduras
• India
• Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Dominion of New Zealand
• Republic of Nicaragua
• Kingdom of Norway
• Republic of Panama
• Republic of Poland
• Union of South Africa
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia

(Note: During 1942 the declaration was adhered to by Mexico, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and Ethiopia; in the first four months of 1943, it was adhered to by Iraq, Brazil, and Bolivia. Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto; French for God and my right) 3 Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area Official language(s) None5 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP Formation... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October... Soviet redirects here. ... Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: (French for Union Makes Strength) Anthem: La Dessalinienne Capital Port-au-Prince Largest city Port-au-Prince Official language(s) French, Haitian Creole Government Republic  - President René Préval  - Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis Independence    - From France January 1, 1804  Area    - Total 27,750 km² (147th)   10,714 sq... For alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). ... National motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin: From Unity, strength} Official languages Afrikaans, Dutch and English. ... Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a kingdom in the Balkans which existed from the end of World War I until World War II. It occupied an area made up of the present-day states of Bosnia... The Commonwealth of the Philippines was the political designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. ...

Tripartite Treaty of Alliance 29 January 1942

• United Kingdom
• Soviet Union
• Iran [4]

Pan American Union

[5] (21 members)

• Havana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, July 21-30, 1940

(Final Act of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at Habana, Cuba, July 30, 1940)

• Bolivia
• Brazil (25 August 1942)
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Mexico (1 June 1942)
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• United States of America

By 1945 Mexican "Aztec Eagles" or Escuadrón 201 joined the United States of America in the Pacific, specially on the bombings over Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines). From July 1944, a Brazilian Expeditionary Force of 25,000 personnel joined the Allies in the Italian campaign. The other countries in this group contributed support units, small combat forces, or to lesser degrees. El Escuadron 201 (also known as The Aztec Eagles) was a Mexican fighter squadron composed of more than 300 volunteers – 36 experienced pilots and the rest ground crewmen. ... The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Portuguese: Força Expedicionária Brasileira, or FEB) was the 25,300-man force formed by the Brazilian Navy, Army and Air Force that fought alongside the Allied forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II. // Overview It was not at all obvious that Brazil... The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war. ...

See also

• Participants in World War II

Participants in World War II involves all nations who either participated directly or were affected by any of the theatres or events of World War II. // Alliances World Map with the participants in World War II. The Allies depicted in green (those in light green entered after the Attack on...

External links

• Changing Alliances In the International Arena
• The Atlantic Conference: Resolution of September 24, 1941
• What was known, what was done by the Allies