 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto eAxis paakatanga kupinda muNorthern Europe neBalkans, maAllies akawedzera Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Greece, neYugoslavia. Soviet Union, iyo yakanga ine chibvumirano chokusava namasimba masimba neGermany uye yakabatanidzwa mukupinda kwayo muPoland, yakava nhengo yeAllied muna June 1941 pashure pokurwiswa neAxis. United States, nepo ichipa rubatsiro rwezvinhu uye rwemari kuAllies kubva muna September 1940, yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera kusvikira kubhomba kweJapan kwePearl Harbor muna December 1941, pashure pacho yakazivisa hondo ndokubatanidzwa zviri pamutemo neAllies. China yakanga yatova muhondo neJapan chifo cha 1937 asi yakabatana nenzira yapamutemo neVasonganiri muna December 1941. 