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Many more countries joined through to the final days of the war, including colonies and former Axis nations. After the war ended, the Allies, and the Declaration that bound them, would become the basis of the modern United Nations; [7] one enduring legacy of the alliance is the permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council, which is made up ...
The Axis powers, [nb 1] originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis [1] and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general opposition to ...
The chief leaders were Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini of Fascist Italy, and Hirohito of Imperial Japan. [1][2] Unlike what happened with the Allies, there was never a joint meeting of the main Axis heads of government, although Mussolini and Hitler met on a regular basis.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
The main Axis powers were Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, and the Kingdom of Italy; while the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and China were the "Big Four" Allied powers. [ 2 ] The countries involved in or affected by World War II are listed alphabetically, with a description of their role in the conflict:
Indian workers check new fuel tanks at the Hindustan Aircraft Factory in Bangalore, 1944. Military production during World War II was the production or mobilization of arms, ammunition, personnel and financing by the belligerents of the war, from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the surrender and occupation of Japan in late 1945.
Two-front war. World map in May 1940, prior to the Battle of France, with the Western Allies in blue, the Axis Powers in black and the Comintern in red. The Comintern joined the Allies in June 1941 upon the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, thus confining Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war. According to military terminology, a two-front war ...
United Kingdom. September 24, 1941. Eden, Maisky, Cassin, and 8 Allied governments in exile. Adherence of all the Allies to the Atlantic Charter principles. [ 2 ][ 3 ] First Moscow Conference (CAVIAR) Moscow. Soviet Union. September 29 – October 1, 1941. Stalin, Harriman, Beaverbrook, Molotov.