What are some examples of people/countries that had to ally themselves with enemies in time of war or disaster

Question

I'm writing an essay on the topic of forming friendships/alliances in order to further a goal, and i'm looking for ANY decent examples of people or countries that had to cooperate with or ally themselves with an enemy in time of a war or disaster. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Neighboring tribes to the Aztecs helped Cortez defeat the Aztecs even tho the white conquerors were enemies to all the Indians.

Same with the Crow who helped Custer find the Sioux/Cheyenne only to go down in defeat at the little Big Horn.

The most famous example is the pact between the two bitterest rivals, joe stalin and a. hitler, between 1939 and 1941. The pact helped hitler deal with Poland and the West, but eventually, hitler turned on him.

Some of the early barbarians, Visigoths and others, joined the ranks of the Roman legions to help defeat Attila and later hordes of barbarians attacking the empire.

Answer 2

Israel formed a secret alliance with Iran to destroy Iraq's nuclear reactor. USA and USSR formed an alliance against Nazi Germany. Byzantine empire allied with the Papal State to face the rising Ottoman Empire. Sparta formed an alliance with Persia twice( first against Athens and then the Macedonians). North Vietnam and China formed a secret alliance against USA.

Answer 3

Interesting question. Your phrase "had to cooperate with or ally" eliminates the basic allied powers and axis powers.

My initial thought would be the "cooperative" alliance of Nazi Germany with Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Uruguay and Peru. (not 100% about Peru)

These SA countries were compelled to "assist" the Nazi's with refueling and shipping stations for their Naval vessels...especially their U-boats.

And as we know, many prominent Nazis fled to these SA countries to hide out after the defeat of the 1000 year Reich.

Hope this gives you a topic to research.

Answer 4

As you feel and write,preserve in brain what you imply whilst you seek advice from a "nation". I feel you wish to consult the "govt" of a nation on the time in query. For instance, the present govt of Iraq is allied with the US whilst just lately we had been at warfare with one other governmentr of Iraq. Ho Chi Minh used to be the chief of Vietnamese individuals and he allied his nation with the allies in WWII (adding France) and helped defeat Japan although France nonetheless owned his "French Indochina". You additionally need to be transparent approximately what you imply through an "enemy". What is a geopolitical enemy? an ideological enemy? Is a nation an enemy through definition if they don't have a functioning embassy in that nation? We don't have any embassy opon in Iran or n. korea. Are they routinely an enemy then? Is Iran an enemy? Recently, Iran accredited aid from the US in alleviation of earthquake crisis. Does that qualify as an instance?

Answer 5

The US allied with Russia during WW2 and shortly after.
France and England during WW2 (long time enemies)
US and France agains England (Revolutionary war and War of 1812)

Answer 6

the fins and hungarians allied themselves with germany against russia in the second world war

Answer 7

world war II - the u.s. allied with england, france and some other european countries to defeat the OTHER allied nations of germany, japan, italy, and maybe some other ones too.