The
Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the
Allies of World War II) that consisted of those nations opposed to the
Axis Powers during the Second World War. Initially, as war broke out in Europe,
Adolf Hitler's
Germany, with its expansionist ideology, was opposed by
Great Britain, her dominions and colonies, and by
France. When France fell, Britain and her overseas possessions and former colonies were more or less alone in opposition to Hitler until the
Soviet Union and the
United States entered the war. The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong
democracies against totalitarian regimes.
