Who were the combatants and what were they fighting for in world war 2?

Answer 1

United Nations:

Allies:

United Kingdom

British commonwealth, who's troops came from the modern day countries of

Antigua and Barbuda,

Australia,

Bahamas,

Bangladesh,

Barbados,

Bahrain,

Belize,

Botswana,

Brunei,

Burma,

Bhutan,

Cameroon,

Canada,

Cyprus,

Dominica,

Egypt,

Ethiopia,

Gambia,

Ghana,

Grenada,

Guyana,

Fiji,

Hong Kong and other Chinese territories,

India,

Israel,

Jamaica,

Jordan,

Kenya,

Kiribati,

Kuwait,

Lesotho,

Libya,

Malawi,

Malaysia,

Maldives,

Malta,

Mauritius,

Namibia,

Nauru,

New Zealand,

Nepal,

Nigeria,

Oman,

Pakistan,

Palestine,

Papua New Guinea,

Qatar,

Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia,

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

Samoa,

Seychelles,

Sierra Leone,

Singapore,

Solomon Islands,

Somaliland,

South Africa,

Sri Lanka,

Sudan,

Swaziland,

Tanzania,

Tonga,

Trinidad and Tobago,

Tuvalu,

Uganda,

Vanuatu,

Yemen,

Zambia,

Zimbabwe

United States of America:

Philipines

Republic of China

France:

French Empire

Poland

Netherlands:

Dutch Empire

Norway

Denmark

Czechoslovakia

Belguim

Luxembourg

Greece

Yugoslavia

Brazil

Mexico

Soviets:

Russia

Ukraine

Georgia

Estonia

Lithuania

Lativa

Belarus

Moldova

Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Mongolia

People's Republic of China

Axis

Germany

Japan

Italy

Vichy France:

French empire under vichy control

Austria

Thailand

Finland

Hungary

Bulgaria

The motive of the Axis were primarily resources, particularly Oil and land, however they did have some political aspects. The War can been seen as the clashes of certain ideologies, between Liberalism and Totalitarianism, and between Communism and Fascism. The United Nations were primarily acting out of self defence, however The UK and USA signed the Atlantic charter which formed the basis of the UN in this agreement it pledged those nations to deliver the "four freedoms" to all peoples, these are:

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Conscience

Freedom from Want

Freedom from Fear.