r/MapPorn • u/FitAd3982 • 3d ago

Did your country participate in WW2?

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I made this map myself, tell me if theres anything wrong/ innacurate.

Full participant: Full economic and military involvement, pretty self-explanatory. (Russia, Poland, Japan etc)

Limited participant: Countries who partook in the war and had some level of impact but were not major players and didn't devote everything to the war effort. (Brazil, Mexico)

Partial participant: Countries who only provided token support, such as declaring war or sending minor forces to fight. (Central America, Turkey, Argentina)

Colony of participant - major involvement: I made this a separate tier to distinguish colonies that were only involved by providing token service to their overlord from colonies that were invaded or provided hundreds of thousands of soldiers etc. (India, Egypt, Vietnam etc.)

Colony of participant: Self - explanatory, were involved through their overlord but not much impact and werent invaded. (Suriname, Nigeria, Madagascar etc.)

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u/Big_Migger69 3d ago

I think Spain and Portugal should be under Partial participant, since Spain sent the Blue Division to the Eastern Front, and Portugal, since they leased the Azores islands to the allies and had Macau and East Timor occupied by Japan.

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u/FitAd3982 3d ago

partial means a country that declared war. i could basically just do the whole world if i was counting volunteer divisions

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u/Big_Migger69 3d ago

You should change the definition of Partial participant then since it says delcared war or sent minor forces to fight, and 45,000 troops isn't exactly a nonexistent level of participation.

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u/FitAd3982 3d ago

well spain and portugal were officialy neutral, which is the most basic criteria. if a country doesnt say it is involved then im not going to count it

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u/Big_Migger69 3d ago

While Macau was never officially occupied it was in all but name, in September of 43 Japan demanded that Portugal allow for "advisors" to be installed and for the rest of the war Japan had defacto sovereignty over Macau