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| − | The term | + | [[File:Cwt22.png|right|300px|thumb|Allied Civilian deaths account for Soviet and Chinese peoples.]] |
| + | [[File:Service-pnp-ppmsca-23900-23988r.jpg|right|150px|thumb|1942 American World War II [[propaganda]] poster designed to build support for the [[Soviet]] ally. The poster was part of a [[U.S. Office of War Information]] series aiming to foster positive views of Allied nations.<br>''Source: [[Library of Congress]]''<ref>https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009634186/</ref>]] | ||
| + | The term '''Allied Powers''' (or simply '''[[ally|Allies]]''') refers to the union of countries that fought against the Central Powers in [[World War I]] and the [[Axis Powers]] in [[World War II]]. The exact make-up of [[nation]]s within the Allied Powers was different during each [[war]]. The major allied powers during both World Wars were [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Russia]] and [[America]]. | ||
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| + | ==Allies of World War II== | ||
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| + | ===Original Allies=== | ||
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| + | * [[French Third Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[Second Republic of Poland]] | ||
| + | * [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] | ||
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| + | === Allied to the British Commonwealth === | ||
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| + | *[[Commonwealth of Australia]] | ||
| + | *[[Dominion of New Zealand]] | ||
| + | *[[Union of South Africa]] | ||
| + | *[[Canada|Dominion of Canada]] | ||
| + | *[[British India|India]] | ||
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| + | === Allied to the Soviet [[Comintern]] === | ||
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| + | <div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4"> | ||
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| + | * [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] | ||
| + | * [[History of Albania#The Communist and Nationalist Resistance|Albanian National Liberation Army]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Austria]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Belarus]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Belgium]] | ||
| + | * [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese People's Liberation Army]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) (from 1923) | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] | ||
| + | * [[Danish Klassenkampen group]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Estonia]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Finland]] | ||
| + | * [[French Communist Party]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD) | ||
| + | * [[Greek Civil War#Background: 1941-44|Greek National Liberation Front]] | ||
| + | * [[Hungarian Communist Party]] | ||
| + | * [[International Brigades]] | ||
| + | * [[International Red Aid]] (MOPR) | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Latvia]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Lithuania]] | ||
| + | * [[Malayan Communist Party]] | ||
| + | * [[Mongolia#Sovietization|Mongolian People's Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of the Netherlands]] | ||
| + | * [[Polish People's Army]] (Armia Ludowa) (from 1943) | ||
| + | * [[Popular Front]] | ||
| + | * [[Red International of Labour Unions]] (Profintern) | ||
| + | * [[Red Peasant International]] (Krestintern) | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of the USA]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Youth International]] | ||
| + | * [[Communist Party of Yugoslavia]] (Yugoslav Partisans) | ||
| + | * [[Viet Minh]] | ||
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| + | </div> | ||
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| + | ===Allied to the Pan American Union === | ||
| + | 21 members in full<ref>http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/7-2-188/188-26.html</ref> | ||
| + | <ref>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/decade/decad058.htm Havana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, July 21–30, 1940</ref> | ||
| + | (Final Act of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at Habana, Cuba, July 30, 1940) | ||
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| + | <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2"> | ||
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| + | * [[United States of America]] | ||
| + | * [[Bolivia]] | ||
| + | * [[Brazil]] (25 August 1942) | ||
| + | * [[Colombia]] | ||
| + | * [[Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | * [[Cuba]] | ||
| + | * [[Dominican Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[El Salvador]] | ||
| + | * [[Guatemala]] | ||
| + | * [[Haiti]] | ||
| + | * [[Honduras]] | ||
| + | * [[Mexico]] (1 June 1942) | ||
| + | * [[Nicaragua]] | ||
| + | * [[Panama]] | ||
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| + | </div> | ||
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| + | === [[Atlantic Charter]] === | ||
| + | [http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/atlantic/at17.htm The Atlantic Conference : Resolution of September 24, 1941] | ||
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| + | <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2"> | ||
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| + | * [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] | ||
| + | * [[United States of America]] | ||
| + | * [[Belgium|Kingdom of Belgium]] | ||
| + | * [[Czechoslovak Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[History of Modern Greece#Wars and crises|Kingdom of Greece]] | ||
| + | * [[Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of Norway]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of Poland]] | ||
| + | * [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] | ||
| + | * [[French National Committee]] | ||
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| + | </div> | ||
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| + | The Polish government in exile, after 1939 fought on several fronts with hundreds of thousand 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 became the post-war successor state. | ||
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| + | === United Nations Declaration === | ||
| + | [http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/paw/274.html Declaration by United Nations, January 1, 1942]<br> | ||
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| + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
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| + | * [[United States of America]] | ||
| + | * [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of China]] ([[Kuomintang]]) | ||
| + | * [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] | ||
| + | * [[Australia|Commonwealth of Australia]] | ||
| + | * [[Belgium|Kingdom of Belgium]] | ||
| + | * [[Canada|Dominion of Canada]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of Cuba]] | ||
| + | * [[Czechoslovak Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[Dominican Republic]] | ||
| + | * [[El Salvador|Republic of El Salvador]] | ||
| + | * [[History of Modern Greece#Wars and crises|Kingdom of Greece]] | ||
| + | * [[Guatemala|Republic of Guatemala]] | ||
| + | * [[Haiti|La Republique d' Haiti]] | ||
| + | * [[Honduras|Republic of Honduras]] | ||
| + | * [[British India#World War II and the End of the Raj|India]] | ||
| + | * [[Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] | ||
| + | * [[Dominion of New Zealand]] | ||
| + | * [[Nicaragua|Republic of Nicaragua]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of Norway]] | ||
| + | * [[Panama|Republic of Panama]] | ||
| + | * [[Republic of Poland]] | ||
| + | * [[Union of South Africa]] | ||
| + | * [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | </div> | ||
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| + | (Note from source document: 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]]). | ||
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| + | ===Four Power Declaration=== | ||
| + | [http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1943/431000a.html Joint Four Nation Declaration, Moscow Conference, October, 1943] | ||
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| + | * [[United States of America]] | ||
| + | * [[United Kingdom]] | ||
| + | * [[Soviet Union]] | ||
| + | * [[Kuomintang]] | ||
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| + | ===Tri-Partite Treaty of Alliance === | ||
| + | 29 January 1942: Great Britain and Soviet Union sign treaty of alliance with Iran, wherein Iran agrees to remain [[neutral]]; Britain and USSR promise to withdraw their troops from Iranian territory 6 months after hostilities with Axis cease. (Persian Corridor is to become principal route for movement of supplies to USSR.)<ref>[https://history.army.mil/portals/143/Images/Publications/catalog/11-1.pdf p. 21.]</ref> | ||
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| + | * [[United Kingdom]] | ||
| + | * [[Soviet Union]] | ||
| + | * [[Iran]] [http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/persian/chapter01.htm#b2] | ||
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| + | === Others === | ||
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| + | * [[Ethiopia]] | ||
| + | * [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Axis Powers]] | ||
| + | *[[Anti-Comintern Pact]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | [[Category:World War II]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Military Strategies and Concepts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:36, April 28, 2026
Source: Library of Congress[1]
The term Allied Powers (or simply Allies) refers to the union of countries that fought against the Central Powers in World War I and the Axis Powers in World War II. The exact make-up of nations within the Allied Powers was different during each war. The major allied powers during both World Wars were Britain, France, Russia and America.
Allies of World War II
Original Allies
- French Third Republic
- Second Republic of Poland
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Allied to the British Commonwealth
Allied to the Soviet Comintern
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Albanian National Liberation Army
- Communist Party of Austria
- Communist Party of Belarus
- Communist Party of Belgium
- Chinese People's Liberation Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (from 1923)
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- Danish Klassenkampen group
- Communist Party of Estonia
- Communist Party of Finland
- French Communist Party
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
- Greek National Liberation Front
- Hungarian Communist Party
- International Brigades
- International Red Aid (MOPR)
- Communist Party of Latvia
- Communist Party of Lithuania
- Malayan Communist Party
- Mongolian People's Republic
- Communist Party of the Netherlands
- Polish People's Army (Armia Ludowa) (from 1943)
- Popular Front
- Red International of Labour Unions (Profintern)
- Red Peasant International (Krestintern)
- Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine
- Communist Party of the USA
- Communist Youth International
- Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Yugoslav Partisans)
- Viet Minh
Allied to the Pan American Union
21 members in full[2] [3] (Final Act of the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics at Habana, Cuba, July 30, 1940)
- United States of America
- Bolivia
- Brazil (25 August 1942)
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Mexico (1 June 1942)
- Nicaragua
- Panama
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Conference : Resolution of September 24, 1941
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United States of America
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Czechoslovak Republic
- Kingdom of Greece
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Kingdom of Norway
- Republic of Poland
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- French National Committee
The Polish government in exile, after 1939 fought on several fronts with hundreds of thousand 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 became the post-war successor state.
United Nations Declaration
Declaration by United Nations, January 1, 1942
- United States of America
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Republic of China (Kuomintang)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Dominion of 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 from source document: 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).
Four Power Declaration
Joint Four Nation Declaration, Moscow Conference, October, 1943
Tri-Partite Treaty of Alliance
29 January 1942: Great Britain and Soviet Union sign treaty of alliance with Iran, wherein Iran agrees to remain neutral; Britain and USSR promise to withdraw their troops from Iranian territory 6 months after hostilities with Axis cease. (Persian Corridor is to become principal route for movement of supplies to USSR.)[4]
Others
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009634186/
- ↑ http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/7-2-188/188-26.html
- ↑ http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/decade/decad058.htm Havana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, July 21–30, 1940
- ↑ p. 21.