Which countries participated in the European theater of World War II

Germany (including annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia), Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland;

Soviet Union (including annexed Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania), Great Britain, France, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia.

The countries participating in the Second World War refer to all countries and regions that were directly involved in or affected by the fighting in World War II.

Take Europe, for example:

Axis powers. Ally.

Western and Northern Europe: Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany, United Kingdom.

Free France, Vichy France, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Austria.

Eastern Europe : Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, Albania.

Southern Europe : Andorra, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Spain, Portugal, San Marino, Vatican City.

Organization in exile: Russian National Liberation Army.

If you are new to a few of these countries, you would like to ask more. I'm going to earn some points. Ha ha.

Germany, Italy, the United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, Romania, Netherlands, Canada, Norway, Ukraine, Finland.

Almost all participated, mainly Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

The German Nazi army swept across Europe, the Anglo-French coalition army was defeated one after another, and other European countries were even more powerless, only when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, it encountered strong resistance, and after several fierce battles, the Soviet Union turned from defense to offensive to achieve the final victory in strategy and tactics. If it were not for the involvement of the Soviet Union and the United States in this war, it would have been difficult for Britain, France and European allies alone to turn the tide of World War II.

Single-handedly with Germany, only the United States and the Soviet Union are still opponents. If Germany and Japan are allowed to compete, Germany has a better chance of winning, although the Nazis and militarists are absolutely loyal to their president, but Germany's military industrial enterprises are more developed and the production of ** is more advanced, such as tanks: Germany's "Tiger" and "Leopard" tanks are much stronger than the Japanese army's Type 97 medium tanks, the total weight of Japanese tanks is only 15 tons, the car is light, the armor is thin, the firepower is weak, and basically does not have the ability to fight with German tanks.

The German Tiger tank was equipped with a powerful 88mm gun, which made it the most dangerous opponent of all Allied tanks, and its heavy armor made it almost indestructible, and it staged the most spectacular tank battle in the world's military history with the Soviet T-34 tank at Kursk. However, in the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet tanks had the advantage of large caliber and long range, and the Japanese tanks became a moving target, and the only armored division of the Japanese Kwantung Army was almost completely wiped out.

To sum up, the European battlefield** is superior to the Asian theater.

Of course, it's Europe, and a lot of advanced equipment is acting on Europe, like what radar, jet combat power, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, all kinds of tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled guns, etc., are all staged on the scene in Europe.

Europe, with the exception of a few countries such as Spain and Portugal, was involved in the war.

Summary. Accelerate the defeat of Germany. In three important turning points in World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad turned the Germans on the defensive.

The Battle of Midway turned the Japanese on the defensive. The Normandy landings opened up a second battlefield, which can only be said to accelerate the defeat of Germany, and the decisive significance is not as good as the above two. Because before the Normandy landings, the Germans were already on the defensive on the Eastern Front.

The second theater of war was more about reducing the pressure on the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front. As early as 1942, Stalin demanded that Britain and the United States open a second theater in France. However, at that time, the British and American forces were still relatively weak, and the United States had to be distracted by the Pacific theater, coupled with the hegemony of German submarines in the Atlantic, in the end, Britain and the United States decided to solve the submarine first and then open up a second battlefield.

The decisive significance of the opening of the second battlefield was greatly reduced by the delay of two years. Without the opening of a second battlefield, the Germans would still have been defeated, but the cost paid by the Soviets would have been much greater.

Accelerate the defeat of Germany. In three important turning points in World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad turned the Germans on the defensive. The Battle of Midway turned the Japanese on the defensive.

The Normandy landings opened up a second battlefield, which can only be said to accelerate the defeat of Germany, and the decisive significance is not as good as the above two. Because before the Normandy landings, the Germans were already on the defensive on the Eastern Front. The second theater of war was more about reducing the pressure on the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.

As early as 1942, Stalin asked Britain and the United States to open a second battlefield in France. However, at that time, the British and American forces were still relatively weak, and the United States still had to be distracted by the Pacific theater, coupled with the hegemony of German submarines in the Atlantic. The decisive significance of the opening of the second battlefield was greatly reduced by the delay of two years.

If there was no opening up of the second battlefield, the German army would still be defeated, but the price paid by the Soviet army would be much greater.

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