Originally published at: http://timeghost.tv/germans-and-british-make-their-way-to-the-north-ww2-031-april-6-1940/
Sides at present:
World War Two
Allies: Australia+, Bahrain-, Canada, Czechoslovakia^, France+, Nepal, New Zealand+, Oman-, Poland^, South Africa, United Kingdom+
Axis: Germany, Slovakia~, USSR*
Insurgencies in the Italian Empireâ
Italian: Italy+
Rebels: Albanian resistance, Ethiopian Arbegnoch
2nd Sino-Japanese Warâ
Sino: China**
Japanese: Japan+, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, Ngolok Tibetans***, Reorganized ROC~
~puppet
^occupied with resistance movement.
+Includes the countryâs colonies or overseas territories
-self-governing protectorate or territory
âSPOILER WARNING: The Insurgencies in the Italian Empire & the 2nd Sino-Japanese War remain unconnected to World War II until June 1940(When Italy declares war on the Allies) & September 1940 (When Japan invades French Indochina & joins the Tripartite Pact). After these points, Iâll roll them into World War II.
*I have the USSR on the Axis side because both Germany & them are currently at war with Poland(The Soviets invaded on September 17, 1939), divided Poland between themselves pre-invasion, are working together to end the Polish resistance, & are trading war materials. This is all detailed in the MolotovâRibbentrop Pact, the GermanâSoviet Frontier Treaty, the GermanâSoviet Credit Agreement, & the GermanâSoviet Commercial Agreement. SPOILER WARNING: After Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, I will move them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) & then move them to the Allies after the signing of the SikorskiâMayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR.
**The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other.
***The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didnât have a formal alliance & didnât coordinate in military planning.
MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT: If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, Iâll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of â41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms âAlliesâ & âAxisâ are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & itâs adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, Iâll add them to the 3rd parties list with a disclaimer. At the moment, no one fits this description, so Iâll wait until someone does to create it. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.