USA HISTORY

What was the group of nations called that were fighting against the Allies?

(A) Nazis

(B) ** Axis Powers

(C) European Alliance

(D) Northern Powers

(E) The Big Three

Concept note-1: -The Second World War was fought between two groups, the Axis powers and the Allied powers.

Concept note-2: -The Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) were opposed by the Allied Powers (led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union). Five other nations joined the Axis during World War II: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia. The decline and fall of the Axis alliance began in 1943.

Concept note-3: -Allied powers, also called Allies, those countries allied in opposition to the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) in World War I or to the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) in World War II.

Concept note-4: -Axis powers, coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II.

Concept note-5: -The common purpose of the Allies was to defeat the Axis powers and create a peaceful post-war world. Its creation was a response to the aggression and unprovoked war the Axis had unleashed upon the world. Each country had different ideas about what this post war world would look like.