World War II

World War II (also known as the Second World War) was the global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

Date: September, 1 1939 - September, 2 1945

Location: Global

Result: Allied victory

Participants 1: Allied Powers

Participants 2: Axis Powers

Allied Powers before Attack on Pearl Harbour
1. Poland

2. France

3. Algeria

4. Cameroon

5. Togo

6. United Kingdom

7. Zimbabwe

8. Zambia

9. Botswana

10. Swaziland

11. Madagascar

12. Somaliland

13. Nigeria

14. Malaysia

15. Dominica

16. Sierra Leone

17. Trinidad and Tobago

18. Saint Helena

19. Antigua

20. Barbuda

21. Uganda

22. Samoa

23. North and South Papau New Guinea

24. Réunion

25. Mauritius

26. Niue

27. South Morocco

28. French Guiana

29. Guyana

30. Belize

31. Kuwait

32. Jamaica

33. Cayman Islands

34. Turks and Caicos Islands

35. Bahamas

36. Saint Lucia

37. Hong Kong

38. United Arab Emirates

39. Nepal

40. Sri Lanka

41. India

42. Pakistan

43. Bangladesh

44. Israel

45. Syria

46. Oman

47. South Yemen

48. Jordan

49. Tunisia

50. Niger

51. Gabon

52. Chad

53. Kenya

54. Tanzania

55. Sudan

56. South Sudan

57. French Colonial African Islands

58. Gambia

59. Falkland Islands

60. Montserrat

61. Anguilla

62. Guinea

63. Egypt

64. Bahamas

65. Swaziland

66. Lesotho

67. Grenada

68. Maldives

69. South Africa

70. Namibia

71. Tonga

72. Fiji

73. New Zealand

74. Canada

75. Australia

76. French Polynesia

77. Guadeloupe

78. Martinique

79. Saint Martin

80. Bermuda

81. Rwanda

81. China

82. Singapore

83. Belgium

84. Congo

85. Democratic Republic of Congo

86. Ivory Coast

87. Ghana

88. Saint Kitts and Nevis

89. British Colonial African Islands

90. Netherlands

91. Macedonia (as part of Yugoslavia)

92. Vojvodina (as part of Yugoslavia)

93. Slovenia (as part of Yugoslavia)

94. Croatia (as part of Yugoslavia)

95. Serbia (as part of Yugoslavia)

96. Bosnia and Herzegovina (as part of Yugoslavia)

97. Kosovo (as part of Yugoslavia)

98. Spain

99. Portugal

100. Sweden

101. Switzerland

102. Afghanistan

103. Western Sahara

104. North Morocco

105. Canary Islands

106. Malawi

107. Brunei

108. Dutch Caribbean Islands

109. British Virgin Islands

110. Portuguese African Islands

111. Spanish Virgin Islands

112. Suriname

113. Indonesia

114 Vietnam

115. Laos

116. Cambodia

117. Myanmar (Burma)

118. Vanuatu

119. Equalatorial Guinea

120. Barbados

121. Burundi

122. Corsica

123. Greenland

124. Gibraltar

125. Andorra

126. Republic of Ireland

127. Channel Islands

128. North Yemen

129. Sardinia

130. Iraq

131. Czech Republic (as part of Czechoslovakia)

132. Slovakia (as part of Czechoslovakia)

133. Ethiopia

134. Eritrea

135. Angola

136. Mozambique

137. Mongolia

138. Solomon Islands

139. Soviet Union (Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova)

140. Portuguese territories in China

141. East Timor

142. New Caledonia

143. Denmark

144. Faroe Islands

145. Iceland

146. Senegal

147. Isle of Man

148. New Foundland

149. Tuvalu

150. São Tomè and Príncipe

151. Aruba

152. Bonaire

153. Curaçao

154. North Sakhalin

155. Norway

156. Seychelles

157. Mali

158. Mauritania

159. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

160. Central African Republic

162. Burkina Faso

163. Cape Verde

164. Djibouti

165. Cyprus

166. Other British Caribbean Island

167. Malta

168. Montenegro (as part of Yugoslavia)

169. Liechtenstein

170. Bhutan

171. Bahrain

172. Vatican City

173. Nauru

174. Azerbaijan

175. Korea

Allied Powers after Attack on Pearl Harbour
1. United States of America

2. Cuba

3. Haiti

4. Dominican Republic

5. Honduras

6. Nicaragua

7. American Samoa

8. Panama

9. Costa Rica

10. El Salvador

11. Brazil

12. Mexico

13. US Virgin Islands

14. Philippines

15. Bolivia

16. Italy (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

17. Libya (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

18. Italian Asian colonies (after switching sides to Allied Powers)

19. Finland (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

20. Romania (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

21. Lithuania (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

22. Albania (after switching sides Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

23. Palau

24. Federated States of Micronesia

25. Guam

26. Saipan

27. Northern Mariana Islands

28. Marshall Islands

28. Caroline Islands

29. Coral Island Territories

30. Hungary (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

31. Bulgaria (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

32. Iran

33. Saudi Arabia

34. Turkey

35. Lebanon (after becoming independent from France)

36. Liberia

37. Puerto Rico

38. Venezuela

39. Paraguay

40. Uruguay

41. Argentina

42. Chile

43. Columbia

44. Easter Island

45. Ecuador

46. Peru

47. Manchuria (after being conquered by the Soviet Union and was forced to switch from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

48. South Sakhalin (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

49. San Marino

50. Vatican City

51. Italian Somalia (after switching sides from Axis Powers to Allied Powers)

52. Hawaii

53. Alaska

53. Austria (conquered by Allies and was occupied)

54. Allied-occupied Germany

Axis Powers
1. Nazi Germany

2. Japan

3. Thailand

4. Taiwan

5. German-occupied Czechoslovakia

6. Austria

Co belligerent
Finland

Slovakia

Italy

Romania

Lithuania

Czech Republic

Albania

Manchuria

Kuril Islands

South Sakhalin

Japanese-occupied Korea

Declarations of War
September, 1 1939: Poland declared war on Germany and Slovakia in response of Nazi slaughter of European Jews.

September 2 1939: Czech Republic and Slovakia (as parts of Czechoslovakia) declared war on Germany.

September, 3 1939: France, Algeria, Tunisia, Réunion, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Antigua, Botswana, Nigeria, Gambia, Jamaica, Kuwait, French Colonial African Islands, Comoros, Saint Helena and other British African Islands, Zimbabwe, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Nepal, Tuvalu, Kenya, Tanzania, Israel, Gabon, Zambia, Barbuda, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Samoa, Niue, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Cameroon, British Somaliland, Niger, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan, Montserrat, Anguilla, Mali, Mauritania, South Morocco, Guadeloupe, Uganda, Kiribati, Senegal, Martinique, Syria, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Myanmar (Burma), Cyprus, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Barbados, Bermuda, Comoros, Mauritius, Other British Caribbean Islands, Chad, Egypt, British Virgin Islands, Djibouti, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malta, Madagascar, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Sierra Leone, Oman, South Yemen, Swaziland, Guyana, French Guiana, Sardinia, Vanuatu, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Bhutan, Bahrain, Vietnam, Cambodia declared war on Germany.

September, 4 1939: New Guinea declared war on Germany

September, 5 1939: China and Korea declared war on Japan, Thailand, Japanese-occupied territories of China and Korea and Taiwan

September, 6 1939: South Africa and Namibia declared war on Germany.

September, 7 1939: Tonga declared war on Germany

September, 8 1939: Fiji declared war on Germany

September, 9 1939: New Zealand declared war on Germany

September, 10 1939: Canada declared war on Germany

September, 11 1939: Australia declared war on Germany

September, 12 1939: Papua New Guinea declared war on Germany

September, 20 1939: New Foundland declared war on Germany

September, 30 1939: Mongolia declared war on Germany

May, 6 1940: Belgium, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Andorra declared war on Germany

May, 10 1940: Yugoslavia and Iceland declared war on Germany

June, 6 1940: Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Norway declared war on Germany

June, 10 1940: Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Canary Islands, Liechtenstein, Spanish Virgin Islands, Portugal, Portuguese Caribbean Islands, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Republic of Ireland declared war on Germany

June, 26 1940: France and Britain declared war on Italy in response of of the Italian occupation of Albania

July, 1 1940: Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea declared war on Finland, Italy, Romania, Lithuania

October, 26 1940: Greece declared war on Germany

May, 6 1941: Soviet Union declared war on Germany, Finland, Italy, Romania, Lithuania

May, 31 1941: Iraq declared war on Germany

December, 7 1941: Hawaii, United States of America, Alaska, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Papua New Guineae, United Kingdom, France, South Africa, Namibia, Netherlands, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Philippines, Panama, Costa Rica, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, Guam and the Philippines declared war on Japan

December, 8 1941: El Salvador declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan

December, 11 1941: United States of America, Philippines and US Virgin Islands declared war on Germany and Italy

December, 12 1941: Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Cuba declared war on Germany, Italy, Romania, Lithuania

December, 15 1941: China and Korea declared war on Germany, Italy, Finland, Romania, Lithuania

December, 20 1941: United States of America, United Kingdom, France, South Africa, Namibia, Iraq declared war on Thailand

December, 30 1941: Belgium, Luxembourg and Iraq declared war on Japan

June, 10 1942: Mexico declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan

July, 12 1942: Brazil declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan

August, 12 1942: Poland declared war on Japan and Thailand

August, 30 1942: Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Spanish Virgin Islands, Portugal, Republic of Ireland declared war on Japan and Thailand

May, 10 1943: Bolivia declared war on Germany, Italy, Japan and Thailand

June, 6 1943: Soviet Union declared war on Japan and Thailand

July, 2 1943: Finland, Italy, Romania, Lithuania (after switching sides) declared war on Germany

August, 10 1943: United States of America and United Kingdom declared war on Albania and German occupied Croatia

September, 13 1943: Iran declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

September, 30 1943: Nepal, India, Laos, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan declared war on Thailand

October, 12 1943: Saipan declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

November, 15 1943: Finland, Italy, Romania, Lithuania declared war on Japan and Thailand

February, 15 1944: Liberia declared war on Germany, Japan and Thailand

June, 6 1944: Albania declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

June, 23 1944: Hungary and Bulgaria (after switching sides) declared war on Germany, Japan and Thailand

July, 23 1944: Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Easter Island declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

August, 10 1944: Chile declared war on Germany and Nazi occupied territories of Finland, Italy, Romania and Lithuania

September, 20 1944: Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Northern Mariana Islands declared war on Germany, Thailand, and Taiwan

December, 12 1944: Iceland and Denmark declared war on Japan and Thailand

February, 12 1945: Argentina and Uruguay declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

February, 28 1945: Saudi Arabia and Turkey declared war on Germany, Thailand and Japan

April, 13 1945: Austria (after switching sides) declared war on Germany, Thailand & Japan.

May, 8 1945: Germany (after switching sides) declared war on Thailand and Japan

July, 12 1945: Chile declared war on Thailand and Japan

July, 28 1945: South Sakhalin and Kuril Islands (after switching sides) declared war on Japan and Thailand

August, 10 1945: Manchuria (after switching sides) declared war on Thailand and Japan

August, 13 1945: Soviet Union and Azerbaijan declared war on Thailand and Japan