What alliances were there in world war one and world war two?

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During the First World War the Alliances were:

"Allies" (Triple Entente):

*Belgium (including Belgian colonial forces) 

*British Empire 

**Great Britain

*The Dominions of the British Empire: 

**Australia 

**Canada 

**New Zealand 

**Newfoundland (not part of Canada at the time) 

**South Africa 

*British Crown Colonies, including: 

**The Indian Empire (later India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) 

*Sri Lanka 

*Nepal 

*Myanmar and 

*British Malaya 

*France (including French colonial forces) 

*Italy (from 23 May 1915) 

*Romania (from 27 August 1916) 

*Russian Empire (until 1917) 

*Serbia 

*United States (from 7 April 1917)  

*Greece (from 1917) 

*Montenegro (until 1916) 

*Portugal (from March 1916) 


as well as:

Andorra 

First Republic of Armenia 

Brazil 

China (from 1917) 

Costa Rica 

Czechoslovak Legions 

Cuba 

Guatemala 

Haiti 

Honduras 

Japan 

Liberia 

Nicaragua 

Panama 

San Marino 

Siam (now Thailand) 


The Central Powers were:

*Germany

*Austria-Hungary

*The Ottoman Empire 

*Bulgaria


During the Second World War the Allies were (dates are shown for when they entered the war against the Axis):

Following the German invasion of Poland

 Poland: 1 September 1939 

 United Kingdom: 3 September 1939 

 France: 3 September 1939 

 Australia: 3 September 1939 

 New Zealand: 3 September 1939 

 The Indian Empire: 4 September 1939 

 

 Nepal: 4 September 1939 

 Newfoundland: 4 September 1939 

 Tonga: 4 September 1939 

 South Africa: 6 September 1939 

 Canada: 10 September 1939 


After the end of the Phony War

 Denmark: 9 April 1940 

 Norway: 9 April 1940 

 Belgium: 10 May 1940 

 Luxembourg: 10 May 1940 

 

 Netherlands: 10 May 1940 

 Free France: 18 June 1940 

 Greece: 28 October 1940 

 Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 6 April 1941 

 Soviet Union: 22 June 1941 

 Tannu Tuva: 25 June 1941 


After the attack on Pearl Harbor

 Panama: 7 December 1941 

 Philippines: 7 December 1941 

 Costa Rica: 8 December 1941 

 Dominican Republic: 8 December 1941 

 

 El Salvador: 8 December 1941 

 Haiti: 8 December 1941 

 Honduras: 8 December 1941 

 Nicaragua: 8 December 1941 

 United States of America: 8 December 1941 

 Republic of China: 9 December 1941 

 

 Guatemala: 9 December 1941 

 Cuba: 9 December 1941 

 Czechoslovakia: 16 December 1941 

 Mexico: 22 May 1942 

 Brazil: 22 August 1942 

 Ethiopia: 14 December 1942 

 Iraq 1943: 17 January 

 Bolivia: 7 April 1943 

 

 Iran 1943: 9 September 

 Italy: 13 October 1943 

 Colombia: 26 November 1943 

 Liberia: 27 January 1944 


After D-Day

 Romania: 25 August 1944, (formerly a member of the Axis powers) 

 Bulgaria: 8 September 1944, (formerly a member of the Axis) 

 San Marino: 21 September 1944 

 Albania: 26 October 1944 

 Hungary: 20 January 1945, (formerly a member of the Axis) 

 Bahawalpur: 2 February 1945 

 Ecuador: 2 February 1945 

 Paraguay: 7 February 1945 

 Peru: 12 February 1945 

 

 Uruguay: 15 February 1945 

 Venezuela: 15 February 1945 

 Turkey: 23 February 1945 

 Lebanon: 27 February 1945 

 Saudi Arabia: 1945 March 

 Argentina: 27 March 1945 

 Chile: 11 April 1945 

 People's Republic of Mongolia: 9 August 1945 


The Axis powers were:

*Nazi Germany

*Italy

*Japan

*Thailand

*Hungary

*Bulgaria

*Romania (until 23 August 1944)

*Croatia

*Vichy France

*Finland


The Following Nations were occupied by the Axis powers:

*Albania

*Austria (annexed during the Anschluss)

*Belgium

*Denmark

*Ethiopia

*"Lokot Republic" the occupied areas of Russia

*Luxembourg

*Manchuria (a Japanese client state)

*Provisional Government of Free India (which was a rebel government against the Japanese in the occupied areas of British India)

*Vichy France

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