BATTLE OF BRITAIN






































































The battle of Britain started on July 10 1940- October 31 1940

The chief Allied Powers were Great Britain, France, and the United States. At the start of World War II in 1939, the Allies were France, Poland, United Kingdom. Days later, the independent Great Britain dominions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa joined. As the war continued, several other countries began joining the Allies. The Allied Powers generally included all 26 original signatories of the Declaration of the United Nations, signed on January 1, 1942.

Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war.

The leading players in the Axis Powers were Japan, the Kingdom of Italy, and Germany. The three main parties that comprised the Axis Powers entered World War II under the Tripartite Treaty. Four other countries ultimately signed the Tripartite Treaty on their terms. Bulgaria co-signed the document on March 1, 1941, and the three European countries of Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia signed the previous year. Hungary signed the treaty on November 20, 1940, and Romania signed three days later. The following day, Slovakia signed the treaty on November 24, 1940.

The other countries that eventually followed suit and walked in the footsteps of the top three Axis Powers were:


World War II had many changes in who supported who, and countries went from neutrality to solid support for one side over the other. Here is a list of countries that were either battlegrounds during the war or places that up and switched their support: