Axis:
Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungery, Romania, Bulgaria.
("The Axis")
("The Axis")
Allies:
U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia.
Background:
Germany invades Poland in September 1st, 1939. Germany invades Norway and Denmark in April 1940 and Luxembourg in May, and later borders of France in the same month.
*Britain and France delcare war on Germany after the invation of Poland.
*United States Congress passes the Neutrality Act of 1937, that made it illegal to trade in the war. The United States remained isolationists untill March 11, 1941 when Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act giving the Presedent the ability to sell, transfer, or lease war suplys and any country. On December 7th, 1941 Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor and on December 8th the United States declares war on Japan, and on December 11th Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. ("The Allies")
*In 1935, Italy and Germany announce the Rome-Berlin alliance.
*September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, known as the Axis alliance.
("Axis Alliance in World War II")
*Britain and France delcare war on Germany after the invation of Poland.
*United States Congress passes the Neutrality Act of 1937, that made it illegal to trade in the war. The United States remained isolationists untill March 11, 1941 when Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act giving the Presedent the ability to sell, transfer, or lease war suplys and any country. On December 7th, 1941 Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor and on December 8th the United States declares war on Japan, and on December 11th Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. ("The Allies")
*In 1935, Italy and Germany announce the Rome-Berlin alliance.
*September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, known as the Axis alliance.
("Axis Alliance in World War II")