WW2 Axis Powers

The strengths of the Axis powers were their use of fear to force people to fight in the war and their use of new and bold sources of weaponry. Brainwashing the children and many adults to become Nazi-fied was brilliant. It gave the Nazis great power and a resource of people who became one hundred percent committed to Hitler's agendas. They used the "undesirable people" to build their weapons and create strongholds. So Hitler figured out that the more people and weapons he had the more ground he could cover in the war. He was weak in the area strategy and planning and knowing his troops or enemies. His ego was his greatest downfall.

Mussolini however did not have the commitment of his people. The Italians hated Benito Mussolini and the Germans. They would have rather been part of the Allies. The Italians often helped the Allies once they arrived in Italy.

Originally to bail out Italy, they had become bogged down in that region. A new second mission was to gain control of the Suez Canal for future strategical reasons; Japan would soon be advancing westward through India; until stopped by the British and Merrill's Marauders.

The axis powers controlled: Norway, France, Poland, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Morocco

they also controlled most of northern Africa and most of the pacafic becase japan was allied with the axis and Manchuria

Even if you add up all the little Pacific islands controlled at one time by Japan, and throw in Spain ("controlled" by Germany) and Ethiopia ("controlled" by Italy), plus the nations of Japan, Germany and Italy, and all the occupied areas of Europe, such as Poland, part of France, Belgium, Holland, etc. you don't get anywhere near the land area "controlled" by the Allies. Russia alone probably exceeds the combined land area of the axis nations, and perhaps England alone, considering that at the time England "controlled" not only the British Isles but Canada, South Africa, India and Australia (and maybe a few smaller members of the commonwealth that I've forgotten.

Germany, Italy and Japan. Although the Axis Powers of World War 2 may have been evil, the term "axis of evil" was first used by President Bush in 2002 refering to North Korea, Iran, Iraq, al-Qaeda, and Hezbollah.

The most famous axis generals (german) were : Von Brauchwits, Erwin Rommel, Von Zangen, Guderian (tank general), Kesselring, Model, Keitel, Jodl, Manstein, and the famous of all may be Von Rundstedt. Go to THE GERMAN GENERALS on the internet. Of course there were many more!

The Axis powers in Asia were Manchukuo, Thailand and Japan. There were allied with Germany and other countries too. Germany helped Japan with necessary war supplies and natural resources.

The three MAIN countries in the Allied powers of World War II were Britain, The U.S., and France (surrendered). the States joined after the bombing on Pearl Harbor. RUSSIA cause France technical didn't fight so. US Britain and Russia

SS stands for "Schutzstaffel," which literally means "defensive staff," an image drawn from medieval--especially Nordic--warfare. The SS was an elite paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany, separate from the armed forces and police forces although it exercised both military and police authority.

There were three main Axis members. Germany, Japan and Italy.

Germany invaded:

Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Denmark
Norway
Soviet Union
Greece
Yugoslavia

Japan Invaded:

Korea
China
French Indochina (Vietnam)
Burma (also called Myanmar)
Singapore
Dutch New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Philippines
Manchuria (Now apart of present day China)
Malaya
Hong Kong
Borneo (Brunei)
Some parts of British India

Japan also captured many small islands throughout the Pacific

There is a map of the Japanese Empire

http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesHistory/BurmaBanshee/JapEmpire1942.jpg


Italy Invaded:

Abyssina (Ethiopia)
Albania
South-East France
British Somaliland
Egypt
Greece
Yugoslavia

There were also many smaller Axis allied nations like Bulgaria, Romania, Vichy France, Hungary, Finland, Siam (Thailand), etc which took part in the above invasions.

The axis powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.

See: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Romania, and Thailand.

The Allies tried the highest up leaders of the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials. Some were killed and others were put into prison for many years. Now, your question is HOW should the Allies deal with the Nazi war criminals after the war? That is a opinion question so I will tell you what I would have done. I would have dispensed all the civility (even though I am a Christian) and I would have had them all shot at one time with a very stern message to them about the sinfulness of what they did and they can now face their maker. The Nuremberg Trials took over a year and cost the taxpayers a lot of money. Do you think the Nazis gave fair trials to others? Not on your life. They just killed people at will. So even though I am a civil person I still would have dished out to them what they dished out to the Jews. I would have made them live in the concentration camps for 3 months with the amount of disgusting food they gave the Jews. Then I would have them shot.

Probably the most significant outcome of World War II was the destruction of the old world order, a process that began in WWI. The old world order was a political system with many power points - Germany, Russian, France, USA, Japan, etc. Each had its own interests and mainly operated independent of one another. All were colonial powers to varying extents. The center of world political influence was Europe, varying from specific place to specific place (Berlin, London, Paris all had the top spot at various times). By the end of WWII all this had ended. No European power has ever regained the power and prestige that several enjoyed prior to WWI. The loss of power of these states is most striking when one notes the loss of colonial empire. The world largely divided into two blocs, one led by America, the other by Russia. Europe ended WWII as merely the stage upon which other great nations play out their political games. The world political capital moved to the USA, where the UN headquarters was set up in New York City. The end of European world dominance meant that other nations began to flex their political muscle - thus the rise of Jewish nationalism and Israel, the rise of Arab and Chinese nationalism.

After the Italians had fought in Abysnnia and loaned troops to the Spanish Civil War, the Italian citizens wanted peace. The Italian and German ministers met to form an alliance in 1939. The Germans signed a pact with Russia. Hitler had promised Mussolini 3 years of peace; then 2 weeks later he invaded Poland that started WW2. Their first pact was signed secretly just prior to Mussolini's first trip to German in September 1937. It was during this time that he referred to their alliance as the Berlin-Rome "axis".

Yes, Hitler sent troops to Poland to take control of it and he succeded thousands of Jews were killed by this action and this lead to the holacust.

Indeed, the Nazi German invasion of Poland in September of 1939 signalled the outbreak of World War II. The following day, Great Britain declared war on Germany, as per its defense treaty with Poland. Poland was completely overrun within three weeks.

The Holocaust was the carefully planned and orchestrated genocide of European Jews and other nationalities ( 6 million in total ), and not the result of killing of several thousand Jews.

Hitler wanted to control Europe. Japan wanted to control the Pacific. The feeling was that if the Allies were busy on two war fronts, they would be far weaker giving both Germany AND Japan a better chance to win.

Answer Italy - Mussolini's cabinet met to vote him out of office. The Allies had invaded Sicily and were bombing Rome and the Italians did not want the war to destroy their ancient cities. Later, at the end of the war, the partisans captured Mussolini and executed him. Germany - Germany followed Hitler and fought until the country was completely conquered by the Russians approaching from the east and the Allies from the west. Hitler killed himself and the German army surrendered. Japan - The Allies knew the Japanese were preparing their citizens to fight to protect their country. The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan and they were convinced that further fighting was futile. They surrendered on the USS Missouri to General MacArthur.

Currently the greatest threats posed to the UK come from Islamic terrorist groups such as al-Qa'ida. Second most likely to attack the UK are Irish terrorist groups such as the RIRA.

In terms of countries, the UK is on good or neutral terms with most of the world. Iran have in the recent past threatened the UK with violence, and is perhaps the only country in years to do so. Pakistan has had an uneasy relationship with the UK in recent years also, especially due to their subversive assistance of military groups such as the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Some of the countries engaged in revolt currently (2011), including Libya, were on cold terms with the UK, but due to the shifting of social and political power they are not a current threat.

there was more than one country, actually. America opposed them, as did England and France. France gave in i believe only a month after they fought with Germany, but England withstood a year of constant bombings. every day the Germans would fly their planes over bases, cities, and what have you, and bombed them for a year! America didn't even join the war until Japan attacked pearl harbor. They [America] had had an isolationist way, but they helped England with the war however they could.

The reason that the GERMANS fought Canada was because Hitler was trying to get the government to agree with him to make slavery legal so he started World War 2