World War II Allies

To follow up on my last post I'll now talk a bit about what countries were a part of the Allies, who lead them and what their reasoning was for being in World War 2. The United Kingdom, Soviet Union and United States of America were called the "Big Three" of the allies. The big three along with China were called the four policemen.

United Kingdom
Lead by Winston Churchill, The United Kingdom declared war on Germany in 1939. If Germany had occupied Belgium they would have controlled ports that would have made them a serious threat to the United Kingdom, so Brittan declared war on Germany after they attacked France through Belgium.

Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was under the control of Joseph Stalin, great guy. They were brought into the war when Germany unsuccessfully tried to invade their land. After they had been invaded, Stalin endorsed the western allies and joined them in the war against the axis powers.

United States of America
At the time of World War 2, Franklin Roosevelt was in the white house. USA stayed neutral in the war until 1941 when FDR and Winston Churchill came together to promulgate the Atlantic charter. Which called for the destruction of Nazi tyranny.