Who were Britains allies during World War II?
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939-1945). After 1941, the leaders of the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America, known as The Big Three, and held leadership of the allied powers. France, before its defeat in 1940 and after Operation Overlord in 1944, as well as China at that time, were also major Allies. Other Allies included Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippine Commonwealth, Poland, the Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia.
