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Allied powers: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Allies
Date 1915 - 1918 • 1939 - 1945

Did You Know?

  • Romania switched sides and became one of the Allied Powers during WWII in 1944.
  • The main Allied countries all had different goals for the end of the war in both WWI and WWII, which complicated the peace process and often led (sometimes indirectly) to further conflicts.
  • The strength of the Allied Powers' air power helped them to win WWII.

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Large groups of Allied soldiers gather along the shore and hillsides at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, with boats and piers visible in the water during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.
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