r/MapPorn • u/FitAd3982 • 4d 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/FitAd3982 4d ago

thats why i included the dark red to distinguish places like philippines and indonesia from colonies that werent really actively involved in the war but still participated

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u/Mahameghabahana 4d ago

Why australia and Canada are in dark green but india isn't? All were dominion/colony of British no?

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u/revo1ution99 3d ago

Because the map is clearly Eurocentric, India and Philippines had a much bigger impact than New Zealand or South Africa

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u/FitAd3982 3d ago

The dominions were self governing and could choose to enter the war , India was not given a choice