File:Ww2 allied axis.gif

Animation of alliances during the Second World War, every three months from September 1939 to September 1945. Based on Joaopais's GNU image (which is derived from Vardion's )

{{legend|#7CCC8C|Western Allies (independent countries)}} {{legend|#84CC84|Western Allies (Dominions)}} {{legend|#9CDC8C|Western Allies (colonies or occupied)}} {{legend|#8CBCB4|Eastern Allies after June 1941}} {{legend|#b39795|USSR and satellites before joining the Allies in June 1941}} {{legend|#CC641C|Axis (countries)}} {{legend|#D49C54|Axis (colonies or occupied)}} {{legend|#CCD45C|Vichy France and colonies until German occupation of southern France in November 1942 (officially neutral but a client state of Axis Germany)}} {{legend|#ECCCBC|Japanese Empire, before entering the European war in December 1941.}} {{legend|#d3d3d3|neutral}}