World War II was the last global war of the twentieth century. The United States-Soviet alliance of 1941-1945 was marked by a great degree of cooperation and was essential to securing the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Without the remarkable efforts of the Soviet Union on the eastern front, the United States and Great Britain would have been hard-pressed to score a decisive military victory over Hitler’s Germany. In the Pacific War, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, India, and China comprised the Allied forces.
In the Philippines Islands, large numbers of guerrilla forces fought the Japanese throughout the war. The defeat of Japan contributed to the combined efforts of the Allied forces.
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