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The USA, English, French and Russians and some others were the Allies. Germany, Japan and Italy and a few other nations were the Axis.
In order to give France some security after having been invaded in the first World War, the Treaty of Versailles prohibited German troops from entering an area on the French border known as the Rhineland.
The Normandy invasion was a joint effort of the Allies, consisting of the Americans, the British and the Canadians. Some Polish units took part, and two weeks after D-day, some Free French landed and fought.
The allies were able to mobilize resources because various allies focused their technology on making some weapons that they were best able to. Some made tanks while the British focused on making cruisers and frigates.
Ho Chi Minh formed the Vietminh in 1941 to fight the Japanese during WW2; after Japan was defeated by the allies, and WW2 ended in 1945, they went after the French in 1946.