At the beginning of WW2 the axis (particularly Germany) was ahead of the U.S. in almost everything. Their navy was superior as well as the air force. The army received better training and some will argue to say that if Hitler had not cut the funding on the air force and had listened to his generals that the war would have lasted a lot longer. The only advantage I can see that the Japs would have was the element of surprise (Pearl Harbor) and the jet stream that was above Japan that made it difficult for allied precision bombing. Towards the end of the war the U.S. pulled out in front with key advancements such as the M1 Garrand, P-51 Mustang, B-29 Superfortress, and of course the atomic bomb.
The British had a number of advantages against the Germans. The Royal Navy was the largest in the world and easily outnumbered the Germans in surface vessels.
Because of this Germany would always have great difficulty in trying to invade British soil and was unable to prevent the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of troops from the French coast at Dunkirk.
The new British fighters of the RAF, the Hurricane and the Spitfire had been developed later than the German Messerschmitt 109. One of the advantages of the British delay in rearming was that these aircraft were completely state of the art. The Spitfire could outmanouver the Me109 in dogfighting leaving the Hurricane squadrons free to attack German bomber formations.
Britain had a huge Empire from which they could draw more resources than their small country could provide. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all joined the Allied cause as soon as war broke out and provided additional troops to be used in North Africa and Europe over the course of the war.
French and British tanks were superior to the Germans in terms of defensive capability and firepower but were not deployed effectively.
The French defenses on the German border was almost impregnable, the French were well prepared for a similar war to that of 1914-1918 but the German army simply outflanked their static defenses.
It seems as if the Axis powers had more advantages at the beginning of the war. Germany had a large and powerful army, and Japan had the largest and most powerful naval force at that time.
The axis powers were fascist.
World War 2 lasted from 1939 to 1945 and was the war in which the Allies defeated the Axis powers.
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Two of the axis powers during World War 2 are Germany and Italy. The third axis power is Japan.
Axis powers included Germany, Italy and Japan - in World War II.
Germany Japan Italy Soviet Union
There was no Axis powers in World War I--and the Axis powers LOST World War II.
The Soviet Union (who began on the side of the Axis Powers then later joined the Allied Powers after Hitler launched an attack on her) The United States (Allied Powers) Great Britain (Allied Powers) Germany (Axis Powers) Japan (Axis Powers) Italy (Axis Powers) France was also involved as one of the Allied Powers but ended up not being much of a great power after she was overtaken and occupied by Germany near the beginning of the war.
Central Powers. Axis was WW2.
During World War II, the Axis powers were defeated.
The axis powers were fascist.
The Axis did not exist in World War 1. Germany and its allies were called the Central Powers.
The Allied Powers, Axis powers, and the Neutral Powers
The Axis Powers were formed during World War II and included the Japan, Germany, and Italy. The Axis Powers fought agains the Allies and were defeated.
Axis Powers / Allied Powers .
The Axis powers were the countries that were allies of Nazi Germany.
The Axis powers of WW2 and prior to that war were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan.