What countries defeated germany in World War II?

Answer 1

Annexed before World War 2

1. Austria
2. The Sudetenland
3. The rest of Bohemia and Moravia
4. Memelland (from Lithuania)

Invaded during World War 2

1. Poland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. The Netherlands
5. Belgium
6. Luxembourg
7. France
8. Yugoslavia
9. Greece
10. The Soviet Union - Russia (part), Belarus, Ukraine. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Answer 2

Czechoslovakia was invaded and annexed by Germany in 1938-9 (Hungary and Poland annexed smaller parts) and Poland was invaded and conquered in 1939 (The Soviet Union seized the eastern half of Poland, as agreed with Germany in the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact).

In 1940 Germany invaded and conquered Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and a large part of France (Vichy France held sovereignty in southern France, and collaborated extensively with Germany).

Principal source: Wikipedia

Answer 3

Each country involved in or affected by World War II is listed with a brief description of its role in the conflict.

Note: Countries are listed alphabetically.

Afghanistan

King Mohammed Zahir Shah successfully kept his isolated kingdom out of the war. Oil prices went up and increased trade with Afghanistan making it richer throughout the war.

Albania

Albania was forcibly annexed by Italy in 1939 shortly after Germany had seized Czechoslovakia. Albania had no ability to withstand the invasion, and ultimately became Italy's launching point for its later invasion of Greece. When this failed, Greek troops launched a counter-offensive and sought to capture some Albanian territory from Italy. Once the German Balkan Campaign was completed in 1941, Albania served as the base for the Italian garrison in the Balkans, which was replaced by German forces when Italy declared for the Allies in 1943.

Andorra

Andorra remained officially neutral for the duration of World War II. At the beginning of the war, a small detatchment of French troops was stationed in the country due to the Spanish Civil War, but these forces were withdrawn in 1940. When France fell, Philippe Pétain of the Vichy regime was declared the new French Co-prince. After the German invasion of Vichy France in 1942, a German military force moved to the Andorran border near Pas de la Casa, but did not cross. In response, a Spanish force was established at La Seu d'Urgell, but it too remained outside Andorran territory. In 1944, Charles de Gaulle established a new provisional government, and assumed the position of French Co-Prince. He ordered French forces to occupy Andorra as a "preventative measure" to secure order.

Throughout the war, Andorra was used as a smuggling route between Spain and Vichy France, and an escape route for people fleeing German-occupied areas.

Argentina

Under the militaristic government of Gral. Edelmiro T. Farrell, Argentina was originally sympathetic to the Axis Powers. However, for political reasons, Argentina joined other Latin American countries and declared war on Germany late in the conflict. Their contribution was minimal.

Australia

Australia was among the first countries to declare war on Germany, on September 3, 1939. More than one million Australians, both men and women served in the war. Although it was ill-prepared for war, the Australian government had soon dispatched Royal Australian Air Force squadrons and personnel to serve with the Royal Air Force. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) commenced operations against Italy after its entry into the war in June 1940. Later that year the Australian Army entered campaigns against Italy and Germany in North Africa and Europe. German submarines and raiding ships operated in Australian waters throughout the war. The most intensive and numerically largest part of Australia's war effort came after the outbreak of hostilities with Japan in late 1941. The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time in 1942, when Japanese aircraft made a major bombing attack on Darwin. They also attacked many other towns in northern Australia, and Axis covert raiding ships and submarines struck at shipping and shore targets around Australia, including a major submarine attack on Sydney Harbour.

For the remainder of the war, the Australian war effort was concentrated in south-east Asia and the South West Pacific Area: they were involved from January 1942 in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and the Australian territory of New Guinea. Before the bulk of the Australian Army had returned from overseas, from July onwards a small number of Militia troops fought a stubborn rearguard action in the trying conditions of the Kokoda Track. In August 1942, at the Battle of Milne Bay, Australian infantry became the first Allied soldiers to defeat Japanese ground forces during the war. The bitter and deadly New Guinea campaign came to occupy the attention of most of the Australian armed forces until 1945. Later that year, as the war drew to a close, Australian forces led the campaign to retake Borneo.

Austria

Austria became part of Germany in 1938 amongst popular acclaim during the Anschluss. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria at the end of World War II in Europe until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.

Bahrain

The Shiekh of Bahrain declared war on Germany on September 10, 1939. Bahraini forces fought under British command in the Middle East theatre.

Belgium

Like the Netherlands, Belgium declared its neutrality in an effort to avoid being caught in another war between Germany and France. Nazi Germany however did not respect Belgium's neutrality and marched through Belgium as part of the invasion of France in 1940. Thus, Belgium joined the Allies and maintained a government-in-exile with control over its colonial possessions until the country was liberated in 1944.

Bolivia

Bolivia was one of many Latin American countries to declare war on Germany late in the war, joining the Allies on 4 December 1943. Shortly after war was declared, the President of Bolivia, Enrique Peñaranda, was overthrown in a coup. The new ruler, Gualberto Villarroel, had fascist and anti-Semitic leanings, but foreign pressure compelled Villarroel to remain at war and to purge the more extreme Nazi sympathizers from among his supporters. Bolivia was a supplier of vital war material, tin, to Allied militaries.

Brazil

Brazil was under the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas, and maintained its neutrality until the beginning of 1942. After the German attack against Brazilian ships in the Atlantic Ocean and in Pearl Harbor, Brazil sided with the Allies, declaring war against Germany and Italy in 1942. Brazil helped to patrol the South Atlantic and sent the 25,000 strong Brazilian Expeditionary Force to fight in Europe in 1944, being the only Latin American nation to send troops to Europe. This army joined the U.S. Fifth Army under General Mark Wayne Clark and participated in the Italian campaign until the end of war.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria was a minor German ally, signing the Tripartite Pact in March 1, 1941, their main contribution being transit rights for German units involved against Yugoslavia and Greece. Many Bulgarians were captured in Stalingrad.

In the beginning of September 1944, the Bulgarian government declared war on Germany. After the Communist-dominated coup d'etat of September 9 and the simultaneous arrival of Soviet troops in the country, four Bulgarian armies attacked the German positions in Yugoslavia. An armistice was signed with the Allies in Moscow on Oct. 28, 1944. After the Nazis fled Yugoslav territory, the 1st Bulgarian army continued its offensive in Hungary and Austria. It managed to withstand the Nazi offensive on the Drava.

Bulgaria's participation in WW2 ended when its soldiers met their British comrades-in-arms in Klagenfurt in May 1945. More than 10 000 Bulgarian troops died in the battles against the Nazis; about 30 000 were wounded.

Canada

As a member of the Commonwealth, Canada declared war on Germany within days of the invasion of Poland (on September 10, 1939). Unlike World War I, however, Canadian units remained more independent of British command, and they played an important role in Allied campaigns in western Europe. Canadian forces contributed heavily in the air raids against Germany, the Battles of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Italian campaign and D-Day, as well as the subsequent campaigns in north west Europe. In Italy, an army corps was fielded beginning in January 1944, and forces in Normandy built up from a single division in June 1944 to a full corps in July 1944, and the activation of an Army in August 1944, under which several foreign national formations were under command, including at various times British, Polish, Dutch and American forces.

In March 1945, both I and II Canadian Corps came under command of First Canadian Army in The Netherlands after the former was repatriated from Italy in February. From 1941, Canadian forces also participated in the defence of British territories against Japanese forces, especially Hong Kong where an under strength brigade was deployed and ultimately destroyed. As the war in Europe wound down, from late 1944, many Royal Canadian Navy ships and personnel were transferred from the Atlantic to join the British Pacific Fleet. About one million Canadians served in uniform during WWII.

Ceylon

The island of Sri Lanka, or Ceylon, as it was then called, was used as a naval base for allied operations. On 5 April 1942 over 300 aircraft from Japanese carriers bombed the island. Winston Churchill called it "the most dangerous moment" of World War II, as the Japanese fleet wished to have a surprise attack on the British fleet. They did not see a repeat of the attack at Pearl Harbor as the British ships were moved to Addu Atoll, 600 miles south-west of Ceylon. Nevertheless, the British Eastern Fleet lost an aircraft carrier, two cruisers and two destroyers, while the RAF saw its squadrons massacred. The British fleet retreated to East Africa until 1944.

The Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands mutinied on the night of 8/9 May, intending to hand the islands over to the Japanese. The mutiny took place partly because of the agitation by the Lanka Sama Samaja Party. The mutiny was suppressed and three of the mutineers were the only British Commonwealth troops to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. Bombadier Gratien Fernando, the leader of the mutiny, was defiant to the end, confident of his place in the annals of history as a fighter for freedom.

No Sri Lankan combat regiment was deployed by the British in a combat situation after the Cocos Islands Mutiny, although Supply & Transport Corps troops were used in rear areas in the Middle East. The defenses of Sri Lanka were beefed up to three British army divisions because the island was strategically important, holding almost all the British Empire's resources of rubber. Rationing was instituted so that Sri Lankans were comparatively better fed than their Indian neighbours, in order to prevent disaffection among the natives.

Sri Lankans in Malaya and Singapore enlisted in the Lanka Regiment of the Indian National Army to fight on the side of the Japanese. While there was a plan to land them in Sri Lanka to start a guerrilla war, they never actually saw action.

Chile

Initially, Chile chose to remain neutral in the war, having close trading links with Germany. Later in the war, however, Chile distanced itself from the Axis powers, and the Chilean government took steps to dismiss pro-German military officers. Relations with Axis countries were broken in 1943, and in 1945, Chile declared war on Japan.

China

Already engaged in war with Japan, as well as enduring a civil conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China when the war began, the Chinese Nationalist Government's full attention was within her borders in resisting the Japanese during the war. However, Chiang Kai-shek still managed to send troops to Britain's aid in Burma, in early 1942. China's participation in the war was also pivotal in a sense that more than 1 million Japanese military personnel were sent to China in order to finalise its conquest. Japanese casualties in China are estimated at 1.1 million.

Many of China's urban centres and industrial resources were occupied by Japan for most of the war. China suffered a large death toll from the war, both military and civilian. One of the most serious atrocities against Chinese civilians by the Japanese force was committed in December 1937 after the fall of Chinese capital Nanking (now Nanjing). Hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians (some reports the number upward to 300,000) living in Nanking were executed by the Japanese occupation force within one month. After the war, China became one of the main victorious countries and gained one of the permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council.

After the war ended, the Communists and Nationalists went back to fighting each other, the Communists ultimately driving the Nationalists off the mainland to Taiwan.

Colombia

After the attack on Pearl Harbour, Colombia broke diplomatic relations with the Axis powers. Then, in 1943, the U-505 German submarine destroyed a Colombian schooner, which caused Colombia to declare a "status of belligerency" against Germany. The German ambassador left the country and measures of control were implemented, including concentration of German citizens in designated areas.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica joined the Allies late in the war. The leftist administration of President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia was hostile to Nazism, and introduced a number of measures to decrease German influence in the country. Costa Rica declared war on Japan the day after the attack on Pearl Harbour, and on Germany and Italy shortly afterwards. It allowed the United States to establish an airfield on Cocos Island.

Cuba

Cuba joined the Allies on the 8th of December 1941, when it declared war on Japan. On the 11th, it also declared war on Germany and Italy. The United States naval station at Guantanamo Bay served as an important base for protecting Allied shipping in the Caribbean, and on 15 May 1943, a Cuban warship sank a German submarine in waters near Havana. Cuba began to plan a conscription program in order to contribute troops, but this had not eventuated by the end of the war.

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was dismembered by Nazi Germany, starting with Neville Chamberlain's Munich Agreement with Hitler in 1938 and the German-Italian Vienna Awards. A Nazi-dependent puppet regime led by Jozef Tiso was ultimately inserted in Slovakia. Part of southern Slovakia was annexed by Hungary. The Slovak National Uprising, commenced in August 1944, was put down by German forces at the end of October, however partisans continue fighting in the hills till the end of the war. In April, 1945, the Red Army defeated the Germans and ousted Tiso's government, annexing part of eastern Slovakia to the USSR.

Denmark

Denmark remained neutral from the beginning of the war until it was invaded and occupied by Germany on April 9, 1940 as part of Operation Weserübung. Denmark's government remained in function in Copenhagen until 1943 and joined the Anti-Comintern Pact. After 1943 the occupation of Denmark was administered by the German Foreign Ministry. May 10, 1940, Iceland was invaded by the British, and in 1944 declared independent. In 1945, Bornholm was invaded by the Soviet Union while the German forces in the rest of Denmark gave up on May 4, 1945.

Dominican Republic

One of the Caribbean Countries to join the Allies late in the war.

Ecuador

Another of the South American nations to join the Allies late in the war (joined against Germany on February 2, 1945; let USA use Baltra Island for a naval base).

Egypt

Egypt at the time was under the rule of the British Empire, and it was seen by both the Axis and the Allies as a vital strategic point, because of access to the Suez Canal. The King of Egypt placed his Navy at the disposal of the British. Initially Egypt was targeted by Italy, but after a heavy defeat by the British forces under the command of General Wavell, the Germans were compelled to enter the fray with a division under the command of General Erwin Rommel.

Rommel's successes in the deserts of Libya and west Egypt, and the fact that they came to within 100 miles of Cairo, gave the Allied forces (in particular the British) a major fright. The revolutionary officers that eventually came to power in 1952 (led by Colonel Abdel Nasser) plotted to support the Germans in their push for Cairo, seeing a German victory as an opportunity to liberate Egypt from the British colonial occupation.

El Salvador

From 1931 to 1944, El Salvador was ruled by Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, an admirer of Hitler and Mussolini. Nonetheless, the dictator declared war on both Japan (December 8, 1941) and Germany (December 12, 1941) shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, for economic reasons. El Salvador's economy depended heavily on the United States. Martinez removed Germans from the government, and interned Japanese, German, and Italian nationals. The Second World War made Salvadoreans leery of their dictatorship and a general national strike in 1944 forced Martinez to resign and flee to Guatemala.

Estonia

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union left Estonia in the Soviet sphere of interest. After the war broke out between Germany and Poland, Polish submarine ORP Orzeł escaped to Tallinn which lead to the Orzeł incident. The Soviet Union, who at the time was in war with Poland, accused Estonia of harboring Orzeł and not disarming it. The Soviet Union threatened Estonia with war, if Estonia did not agree with the mutual assistance pact, which required allowing the Soviet Union to build military bases into Estonia. Estonia, convinced that winning a war against Soviet Union was impossible agreed on September 28, 1939.

The Soviets conducted a coup with support of the Red Army in June 1940, and an election was held with great Soviet political influence. The new government took command and the Estonian Socialist Republic (ESR) was proclaimed on July 2, 1940. The ESR was formally "accepted" into the Soviet Union on August 6 and the official name of the country became the "Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic". Estonia was occupied by Germany in 1941 after war broke out between Germany and the Soivet Union. Many Estonians took part in anti-Soviet resistance on the side of Nazi Germany and participated in the Holocaust. Estonia was re-occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944. The Soviet Union restored the Estonian Socialist Republic and Estonia remained a part of the USSR until 1991.

Ethiopia

Ethiopia had been invaded by Italy in 1936 after the Abyssinia crisis in an attempt to show off its military might. The nation was liberated in 1941 by British forces, and Emperor Haile Selassie was returned to the throne after exile.

Fiji

Fiji was a British colony during World War II. The Fiji Defence Force served with New Zealand Army formations, under the Allied Pacific Ocean Areas command.

Finland

Finland was left to the Soviet sphere of interest in Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and when it refused to allow the USSR to build bases on its territory, was attacked by Soviet forces on the Winter War (November 30, 1939 - March 13, 1940). After the war Finland sought security from Sweden and Britain but was thwarted by Soviet threats and German actions. Then Finland pursued better relations with Nazi Germany to counter the continued Soviet pressure. This produced cooperation between the countries, which led to a Soviet pre-emptive air attack on Finland after the start of Operation Barbarossa, thus beginning the Continuation War (June 25, 1941 - September 4, 1944), where Finland was a co-belligerent of the Nazi Germany. Britain declared war on Finland in December 6, 1941, but the United States never did. To secure military support needed to stop Soviet offensive coordinated with D-day, the Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement was signed on June 26, 1944, in which Finland and Nazi Germany became active allies. An armistice was signed after the Soviet offensive was stopped and Wehrmacht was retreating from the Baltic States. The treaty required Finland to expel all German troops, which led to Lapland War (September 15, 1944 - April 25, 1945). Peace with the Soviet Union and Britain was concluded in the Paris Peace Treaties, 1947.

France

France was one of the original guarantors of Polish security, and as such joined with the United Kingdom at the start of the war as a leader of the Allies. In 1940, France was quickly defeated by Nazi Germany, leading to the foundation of Vichy France. The Free French Forces of the French National Committee, a London-based exile group, were formed to maintain the French commitment to the Allies and liberate French territory occupied by Germany. They played an important role in the battles of the Western Front. France was liberated by the Allies in 1944 and the French Fourth Republic became a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations and founding member of NATO after the war.

Germany

Nazi Germany was the primary Axis Power in the European Theatre led by Adolph Hitler. The surrender of the German forces May 4-8 signalled the end of the war in Europe.

Greece

Greece dealt the first victory for the Allies by resisting initial attempts of Italian invasion and pushing Mussolini's forces back into Albania. Hitler was reluctantly forced to send forces and delay the invasion of the Soviet Union by six weeks. The Germans also met fierce resistance on the island of Crete as the paratroopers suffered almost 7,000 casualties. These heavy losses eliminated the option of a massive airborne invasion of the Soviet Union and further expansion in the Mediterranean saving Malta, Gibraltar, Cyprus, and the Suez Canal from airborne invasion.

Guatemala

Guatemala initially stayed out of World War II, with President Jorge Ubico declaring the country's neutrality on 4 September 1941. This pronouncement was reinforced on 9 September with another declaration. Ubico implemented strong prohibitions on Nazi propaganda in Guatemala, which had one of Latin America's largest German immigrant populations. Later, Guatemala moved into the Allied camp - on 9 December 1941, it declared war on Japan, and three days later, it declared war on Germany and Italy.

Haiti

Haiti remained neutral in World War II until the bombing of Pearl Harbour, declaring war on Japan the day after the attack, and on Germany and Italy shortly afterwards. Haiti gave food supplies to Allied forces and hosted a detachment of the United States Coast Guard but did not contribute troops. The President of Haiti, Élie Lescot, introduced a number of unpopular emergency measures during the war, which critics claimed were designed to increase his power. Lescot was deposed the year after the war ended.

Honduras

Honduras was initially neutral in the war, but joined the Allied side after the attack on Pearl Harbour. It declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941, and on Germany and Italy on 13 December. It contributed food and raw materials to the Allied war effort, but did not send troops.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong was under the jurisdiction of the British, but came under the control of the Japanese after the gruelling Battle of Hong Kong drew to a close on Christmas Day of 1941. The city was liberated in 1945.

Hungary

Hungary was a significant German ally throughout the war and signed the Tripartite Pact in November 20, 1940.

India

Over two and a half million Indian citizens fought during the war.

Answer 4

The "Axis Powers" included Germany, Italy and Japan.

The "Allies", opposed to the Axis, included the British Empire (including England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Rhodesia, Egypt, and India) and the United States.

Russia started off with Germany, but became part of the Allies in June, 1941 when Germany attacked Russia.

France started the war as an Ally, but was defeated by Germany in May, 1941 and stopped fighting under the Vichy French government. Some units of the French military declared themselves as "Free French" under the overall command of General Charles DuGalle, and continued on the side of the Allies. French colonies in Algiers and North Africa were divided; some were ruled by Vichy, and some followed the Free French. (The classic movie "Casablanca" fictionalized some of these issues.)

Some of the European nations overrun by Germany included Belgium, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Greece.

Other countries that supported the Allied efforts: Brazil, China, El Salvador, Ethiopia (invaded by Italy), Mexico, and the Philippines (captured by Japan).

The forces of Britain, Poland, Greece, Holland, Belgium, France, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Nepal, Russia, USA and many others.

Answer 5

Obviously, once Germany and Hitler were defeated, they controlled no countries. Not even Germany.

Answer 6

There are a number of countries that Germany had defeated in 1940. Some of them include Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg and France among others.

Answer 7

benelux

france

norway

the balkans

romainia

poland

czechoslovakia

denmark

Answer 8

Britain wasn't defeated in World War II.

Answer 9

Soviet Union, Britian, America and france