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The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of 1941 were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China.
Allied powers, coalition of countries that opposed the Axis powers (led by Germany, Italy, and Japan) during World War II. The principal members of the Allies were the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China (the “Big Four”), as well as France while it was unoccupied.
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.
World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
This new alliance was nicknamed the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, or the Axis for short. In September 1940—a year after the start of World War II—Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Act pledging mutual military and economic support for one another.
All the Axis powers were defeated in the course of World War II and left the conflict at different times. Mussolini was deposed following the invasion of Sicily in 1943, and Italy formally changed sides and joined the Allies later that year, though Rome would not be liberated until June 1944 .
World War II - Allied Landings, Defeat of Axis: The success of the Sicilian operation and the fall of Mussolini led to a new turn of strategical thought that necessitated a new Anglo-U.S. conference, which took place in Quebec in mid-August 1943 and was code-named “Quadrant.”.
Each of Germany’s six European Axis allies participated in the Holocaust by murdering Jews or by transferring them to German custody to be murdered. The Allied Powers were led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
In World War II, the three great Allied powers—Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union—formed a Grand Alliance that was the key to victory. But the alliance partners did not share common political aims, and did not always agree on how the war should be fought.
The Allied Powers were a group of countries that played a crucial role in World War II. They came together to defeat the Axis Powers, which included Germany, Italy, and Japan. The main members of the Allied Powers were the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and France.