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The neutral powers were countries that remained neutral during World War II.Some of these countries had large colonies abroad or had great economic power. Spain had just been through its civil war, which ended on 1 April 1939 (five months prior to the invasion of Poland)—a war that involved several countries that subsequently participated in World War II.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
This category includes sub-categories and articles about neutral countries or states during the Second World War which took no side the war between Axis and Allied alliances, and in return hoped to avoid being attacked by any of them.
1939–1945 (neutral during World War II) Is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement; Albania: 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1968 (attempted neutrality during the Prague Spring) A NATO member since 2009. Argentina: 1914–1918 (neutral during World War I) 1939–1945 (attempted neutrality during World War II
Albania was the only European country occupied by the Axis powers that ended World War II with a larger Jewish population than before the war. [184] The Albanian government had refused to hand over their Jewish population.
Egypt was a neutral country for most of World War II, but the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 permitted British forces in Egypt to defend the Suez Canal. The United Kingdom controlled Egypt and used it as a major base for Allied operations throughout the region, especially the battles in North Africa against Italy and Germany.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.
The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...