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Difference Between Allied and Axis Powers

The Allies and Axis Powers were the two opposing military alliances during World War 2. The Allies consisted of countries fighting against the Axis powers and included democratic nations like the US, UK, and Soviet Union. The Axis powers included authoritarian regimes like Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan.

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Difference Between Allied and Axis Powers

The Allies and Axis Powers were the two opposing military alliances during World War 2. The Allies consisted of countries fighting against the Axis powers and included democratic nations like the US, UK, and Soviet Union. The Axis powers included authoritarian regimes like Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan.

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Difference Between Allied and Axis Powers

With 70 to 85 million casualties, World War 2 was and remains the deadliest conflict known to
humankind. It was a global war lasting from 1939 to 1945 involving almost all the nations of the
world eventually forming two opposing military alliances: The Allies and the Axis Powers

The Allies of World War 2 were the countries that fought against the Axis powers during the
conflict.

The Axis powers were the nations that fought in World War 2 against the Allies.

Both had diverging agendas and ideologies that set them apart from each other. The points of
divergence will be discussed at length in this article within the context of the IAS Exam
Differences between the Allies and Axis Power

Allies Axis Power

The origins of Allies stemmed from the The Axis developed through the
wartime alliances made in World War 1. It diplomatic efforts of a resurgent Nazi
was also made up of the original Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial
members of the defunct League of Japan. A pact was made between
Nations the three to secure their own imperial
interests in their respective spheres
of influences.

The Allies initially consisted of European The Axis consisted of Germany, Italy
Nations with the exception of Germany, and Japan. But after the German
Italy and Russia. Spain, Portugal, blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-1940,
Switzerland, Sweden were neutral. they were joined by countries
Russia (Soviet Union) and the USA would occupied directly by them or
join later in 1941. governments that supported the Axis
such as Bulgaria, Romania, Finland
and Norway

The Allied camp would be led by US The Axis camp was led by German
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Fuhrer​ Adolf Hitler, Italian Dictator
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini and Japanese
Societ Premier Josef Stalin Shōwa​ Emperor Hirohito (Although
military affairs were led helmed by
General Tojo Hideki)

The governments of the Allied nation The Axis powers were authoritarian
were democratic and liberal in their regimes led by powerful dictators
nature and approach. who championed different forms of
fascism, authoritarianism and
militarism

The main goal of the Allies was to end The primary goal of the Axis powers
the conflict and liberate nations under was territorial expansion at the cost
occupation by the Axis powers of its neighbours and defending
civilization from communism.

The wartime GDP (Gross Domestic The wartime GDP of the axis was
Product) of the Allies was $1798 billion $911 billion at its height in 1941
out of which $1094 billion was of the
United States
The Allied population (excluding the The Axis population in 1938 was
Soviet Union and the United States, 258.9 million.
which later joined the Allies) was 689.7
million in 1938

Initially, the Soviet Union refused to join Nominally the Axis powers were
either party that resulted in supposed to be enemies of Russia
non-aggression pact signed between but Japan had signed a neutrality
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The pact of its own with the USSR
pact was broken upon Germany following the disastrous battle of
launching an invasion of the Soviet Union Kalkin Gol in 1938. It did not violate
in 1941 prompting the USSR to join the the pact until 1945
Allies

Due to the shortage of troops in the initial The Axis forcefully conscripted
phase of the war, the Allies developed a (sometimes it varied from country to
volunteer programme that allowed country) the populations it into its
idealistic civilians from around the world own armies or used them as forced
to join the Allied Armies with no restriction labour to drive its war industries
of a geographic border.

Upon the end of World War 2, the The Axis powers would go on to be
victorious Allies would announce the defeated by the Allies. Italy would be
formation of the United Nations. the first to surrender on September
8, 1943, with the new Government
The 5 victorious nations (USA, France, declaring war on its former pact
United Kingdom, Soviet Union and China) members after the death of Benito
would later become the 5 permanent Mussolini that same year.
members of the United Nations Security
Council Germany Surrendered on May 7th,
1945.

After dropping atomic bombs on the


twin cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Imperial Japan formally
surrendered to the Allies on
September 2nd, 1945

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