de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan) (12/01/89)
From: moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan) In article <10624@cbnews.ATT.COM> jwebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb) writes: > > >From: jwebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb) > Recently on a radio station the question was posed: > "How many nations were involved in WWII?" >Asia: USSR (already counted), China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Siam, ^^^^ was part of Japan since the 1890's > Federated Malay States, Burma, India, These were British controlled, and not independant > Australia, New Zealand. > Also, did Iran get somehow involved ? I recall British supplies > getting to Russia via Iran. Iran was British controlled, and tried to invite the Nazis in (on the assumption that the British enemy would set them free.) The British stopped this by deposing the existing Shah, and replacing him with his son Reza Pahlavi, the late shah Khomeini deposed. >Philippine/New Guinea/Sumatra region. Philippines were US controlled territory (independance was 7/4/46), Indonesia was Dutch. >Asia Minor: All neutral, I think, though partly controlled by France > and Britain (Syria and Palestine/Transjordan, respectively) >Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italian > Somaliland, South Africa. Except Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia were not independant and were part of France, Libya was an Italian colony, Italian Somaliland was just that, an Italian colony. Ethiopia was independant. Check out an old map of Africa. There are three independant countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa. The rest were controlled by Europe. I am unsure about Central and South America, although I seem to vaguely remember that some of the countries (Brazil and Costa Rica) were involved. -- ____________________________________________________________ --> David Esan rochester!moscom!de
hcobb@cs.utexas.edu (Henry J. Cobb) (12/04/89)
From: walt.cc.utexas.edu!hcobb@cs.utexas.edu (Henry J. Cobb) Quoting from World Book 1988: "Liberia sent troops to fight in France in World War I. During World War II, the United States built Robertsfield air base (now called Roberts International Airport) near Monrovia. The air base was a vital link in the Allied supply lines to Europe and the Middle East." Henry J. Cobb hcobb@walt.cc.utexas.edu
khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm) (12/27/89)
From: khun@cd.chalmers.se.chalmers.se (Peter Wennerholm) In article <11867@cbnews.ATT.COM> moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan) writes: :From: moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan) :In article <10624@cbnews.ATT.COM> jwebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb) writes: :>From: jwebb@hydra.unm.edu (James Webb) :> Recently on a radio station the question was posed: :> "How many nations were involved in WWII?" : :Libya was an Italian colony, Italian Somaliland was just that, an Italian :colony. Ethiopia was independant. Check out an old map of Africa. There are :three independant countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa. The rest were :controlled by Europe. : Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't old Benito grab Ethiopia a few years before the Second World War? Peter [mod.note. Yes, in 1935, if memory serves. - Bill ] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Who: Peter Wennerholm Pen: Engelbrektsgatan 26 | ...and I am MUCH At : khun@cd.chalmers.se S-411 37 Gothenburg | better than my Phn: +46 +(0)31 812108 Sweden | reputation...