 Kunyange zvazvo Umambo hweBritain hwakanga huri simba guru bedzi rairwisana nemaGermany nemaItaly munguva yacho, hwakanga husiri simba guru guru bedzi rairwisana neAxis yose zvayo. China yakanga yave ichirwisana neHumambo hweJapan kubvira muna 1937, apo vaJapan vakatanga kurwisa kwakakwana. Mamwe masimba maduku akanga achirwisanawo navaGermany navaItaly: Girisi yakarwisana namasimba eAxis kubva muna October 1940, apo yakakurira mauto eItaly, kusvikira kuna June 1941, apo Krete yakapakuvaGermany. Vose vari vaviri Winston Churchill naCharles de Gaulle vakarumbidza ushingi hunoshamisa hweGirisi panguva iyo vanhu vazhinji vakanga vakundwa uye Axis yairatidzika kuva isingakundiki. 