Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: WWII Message-ID: <10710@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Oct 89 04:21:44 GMT References: <10624@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 79 Approved: military@att.att.com From: military-request@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) More responses on the nations of WWII... From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) One way to learn who was involved on the Allied side is to look at the initial membership of the U.N.; that was restricted to the Allies at that time. Note, though, that a number of nations declared war on the Axis late in the game but never did anything; they saw which way the wind was blowing, and figured to collect whatever minor spoils their piece of paper might entitle them to -- such as U.N. membership. --Steve Bellovin att!ulysses!smb smb@ulysses.att.com --- From: cperlebe@encad.Wichita.NCR.COM (Chris Perleberg) >North America: Canada, USA (2) And Mexico, which sent a fighter squadron to the Pacific in 1945 >South America: (& Central America, excluding Panama Canal Zone, US) > All neutral, I believe But no! Brazil sent troops to fight in Italy in 1944/45. Actually, I think all the South American countries except Argentina eventually went with the Allies (although only Brazil actually sent troops). >Asia: USSR (already counted), China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Siam, > Federated Malay States, Burma, India, Australia, New Zealand. I don't think Malaya and Burma should count, as they weren't "countries" at the time, being British colonies. >What about Iran? Didn't they participate? (I accidentally deleted the original line -- sorry) More like they got invaded. The government was leaning pro-axis (like Iraq), and was nipped in the bud by both the Russians and the British. (There's a lot more to this story, but I can't be expected to remember all of it!) > Finally, I'm iffy on the national > status of the islands in the Philippine/New Guinea/Sumatra region. The Phillipines were a U.S. colony. Indonesia was a Dutch colony. >Asia Minor: All neutral, I think, though partly controlled by France > and Britain (Syria and Palestine/Transjordan, respectively) Forced neutrality in the case of Iraq. The British were forced to invade the place in 1942(?) to keep the Germans out. >43, by my first estimate. - Bill ] Aw, you add it up. Yer first reponse (all of them) is closer to the mark. Chris Perleberg cperlebe@encad.wichita.ncr.com --- From: siegman@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman) Didn't Ireland stay neutral in WW II? I recall being surprised to hear that some time ago. The "Fighting Irish"!?! --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker Moderator, sci.military military-request@att.att.com (614) 860-5294 Send submissions to military@att.att.com