1. WWII Alliances

2. Non-belligerent Country refuses to fight on someone’s side during the conflict. May not be completely neutral.

3. Collaborationism Come together and help that side A.Actually fight along side them B.Give them supplies, weapons, food C.Passive: do nothing. Accept that they have been conquered and go on with their way of life.

4. Co-belligerent Comes in and fights during the conflict without having any formal agreement. Want something out of it in the event they win. Example: Finland helped Germans fight against Soviets because they hoped to gain independence from the Soviet Union.

5. Puppet State An outside country has put a government in place and that outside country directs the affairs in that country. Example: WWII- Germany made Hungary a puppet state. Today: US and Iraq?

6. Axis Powers Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis Pact- Germany, Japan, Italy (1939) *Where they get the name Axis Powers

7. Axis Powers Tripartite Pact- (Nov. 1941) Hungary Romania Slovak Republic (Part Soviet Union) Bulgaria (1941) Yugoslavia (for only 2 days-then switch to Allies after coup overthrows leader) Croatia (April 1941) Thailand (Ally but Japan invaded after Pearl Harbor)

8. Axis Powers Co-Belligerents: Finland Iraq (Want independence from British) Italian Puppet States: Greece Albania Montenegro

9. Axis Powers Japanese Puppet States: Manchuria Inner Mongolia Burma Philippines (Only half for independence from US) Free India (Part India wants British out of their country) Vietnam Cambodia Laos

10. Axis Powers Collaborator: Vichy France- Southern part of France led by Petain

11. Allied Powers 1939- After Invasion of Poland Great Britain France Australia New Zealand Canada Nepal South Africa India (part of it rebels)

12. Allied Powers After the Phoney War: (French fighting the Germans -line up but no fighting yet from Sept 1939-May 1940) Denmark Norway Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Egypt

13. Allied Powers Free France- Leader Charles De Gaulle Yugoslavia (remember they switched) Greece (Rid of the Italians and joined the Allies)

14. Allied Powers Soviet Union- (June 22, 1941-after German invasion) Mongolia United States-December 8, 1941- (After Pearl Harbor) China Czechoslovakia US Territories: American SamoaGuam PhilippinesPuerto Rico US Virgin IslandsCuba

15. Allied Powers Pan American Union: Costa RicaHaiti PanamaGuatemala Dominican RepublicHonduras El SalvadorNicaragua Mexico*Bolivia Brazil* * Actually had military involvement

16. Allied Powers After December by UN (if in UN and at war with one or more Axis Powers automatically Ally) Iraq Iran Peru Ethiopia Liberia

17. After D-day Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Turkey Lebanon Syria Saudi Arabia

18. Neutral Countries IrelandVatican City PortugalTurkey SwedenSwitzerland *Spain- Having Civil war funded by Germany and Italy *Chile but then they sided with US *Argentina at war with Brazil and Germany funding them *Denmark and Norway at start but then invaded by Germany