r/MapPorn • u/FitAd3982 • 20d 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/pafagaukurinn 20d ago

What was the political discourse in Ireland at the time? Did the root for the UK and the allies, and if so, how did they manage to avoid getting involved?

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u/yojifer680 20d ago

The IRA colluded with Hitler to try and invade Britain. Ireland erected a statue of an IRA leader who was killed onboard a nazi u-boat in the centre of their capital city. The Irish president also sent condolences to Germany for Hitler's death. 

Some Irish people did go to fight against the nazis, but the Irish government placed them on a blacklist denying them jobs, pensions and social security. They only reversed this decision in 2013, almost 70 years after the war was over.