The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. During the war they were often called the United Nations, although that name now usually refers to the United Nations organisation they established after the war.
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, USSR invaded Poland from the East and on November 30 Soviet Union attacked Finland. The following year the USSR annexed the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) together with parts of Romania. The German-Soviet agreement was brought to an end by the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941.
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.
Dates on which states joined the Allies
Western allies blue, Soviet allies red, Axis powers black over the course of the war.
[edit] Following the German invasion of Poland
Poland: 1939, 1 September
United Kingdom: 1939, 3 September (included Indian Empire & Crown Colonies)
France: 1939, 3 September
Australia: 1939, 3 September
New Zealand: 1939, 3 September
Nepal: 1939, 4 September
South Africa: 1939, 6 September
Canada: 1939, 10 September
[edit] After the end of the Phony War
Norway: 1940, 9 April
Belgium: 1940, 10 May
Luxembourg: 1940, 10 May
Netherlands: 1940, 10 May
Greece: 1940, 28 October
Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 1941, 6 April
Soviet Union: 1941, 22 June
Tannu Tuva: 1941, 25 June
[edit] After the attack on Pearl Harbor
Panama: 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
Czechoslovakia (Government-in-Exile) : 1941, 16 December
[edit] After the Declaration by United Nations
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
[edit] After D-Day
Romania: 1944, 25 August (formerly a member of the Axis)
Bulgaria: 1944, 8 September (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
[edit] After the bombing of Hiroshima
People's Republic of Mongolia: 1945, 9 August
2006-11-08 01:11:13
·
answer #1
·
answered by JohnRingold 4
·
0⤊
0⤋