Countries that fought at world war II

Axis Powers (signers of the Tripartite Treaty)

  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan

Co-signers of the Tripartite Treaty

  • Bulgaria (March 1st, 1941)
  • Hungary (November 20th, 1940)
  • Romania (November 23rd, 1940)
  • Slovakia(1) (November 24th, 1940)

Countries that were annexed by, or at war with, Axis Powers before the World War II

  • Austria (annexed to Germany, “Anschluss”, March 13th, 1938)
  • Ethiopia (annexed by Italy in 1936, after the Abyssinia crisis, independence restored in 1941)
  • Republic of China (at war with Japan since 1931)

Allied Powers

  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Newfoundland
  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
  • Soviet Union (from June 1941)
  • United Kingdom
  • United States (from December 1941)

Supporters of the Allies

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt(2)
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Turkey
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

Countries that remained nominally neutral

  • Ireland
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden (with exception for the Winter War)
  • Switzerland