The war was fought between two groups. One side was The Axis powers which included Germany, Italy and Japan. The other group was the allied powers and that included Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. Allied powers were led by Great Britain, the U.S and the Soviet Union. The allied powers had an interest in territorial expansion and the …show more content…
But why did both of these countries remain neutral for such a long time? Well in the case of The United States, President Roosevelt along with the rest of the U.S believed that the war was Europe’s war and that they should have no involvement. This all changed of course when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, For many years the U.S. had avoided becoming involved in the war but with the attack the U.S. had to deal with the threat it now faced, the “Axis Powers.” At the time of the attack the U.S. was completely unprepared for war but little did they know that the United States of America would transform into the world's biggest