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Allied Powers

 

Nations allied in opposition to the Central Powers in World War I or to the Axis Powers in World War II. The original Allies in World War I — the British Empire, France, and the Russian Empire — were later joined by many other countries, including Portugal, Japan, and Italy. Other nations joining the Allies, including the U.S. after 1917, were called Associated Powers, a term emphasized by Pres. Woodrow Wilson to preserve the U.S.'s free hand in the war. In World War II the major Allied Powers were Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the U.S., and China. More generally, the Allies included all the wartime members of the United Nations, the 1942 signatories to the Declaration of the UN.

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1. (in World War I) the countries opposed to the Central Powers; the major Allied Powers were France, the British Empire, and the Russian Empire, formally joined by the Treaty of London, signed on September 5, 1914. Other Allies, linked by treaty to one or more of the Allied Powers, included Portugal, Japan, and Italy, but not the United States, even after its entry into the war in April 1917. The United States, and other countries opposed to the Central Powers, were called “Associated Powers.” See also Central Powers.

2. (in World War II) the countries opposed to the Axis Powers; the major Allied Powers were Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China. In general, the Allies included all the nations that had signed the Declaration of the United Nations on January 1, 1942. See also Axis Powers.)

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