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Both UK and USA were the major world powers between 1870 and 1914.
The main countires involved in World War II were split into the Allied and Axis powers. The Allies consisted of 3 Major Powers, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, The Axis also had 3 Major Powers, Germany, Italy and Japan. Both sides had many small countries and colonies who contributed small ammounts of men and supplies to the war effort.
The major allied powers of World War 2 were the US, Britain and Russia. The alliance was important because none of the countries would have been able to win the war against the axis powers on their own.
There were actually many more than just five countries that were part of the Allied Powers. They are listed below. At the beginning of the war, after the US entered the war, the major powers were Great Britain, the US, the USSR, France, and China with Great Britain, the US and the USSR being the major leaders of the Allied forces.Allied countries in WWII:Great BritainUnited StatesUSSRChinaFranceBelgiumAustraliaBrazilCanadaCzechoslovakiaEthiopiaGreeceIndiaMexicothe NetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPolandthe Philippine Commonwealththe Union of South AfricaYugoslavia