Winston Churchill once said 'a joke is a very serious thing'.

After the war, on 24 October 1945, 51 countries signed the Charter of the United Nations.

There were 26 countries who signed the original Declaration by United Nations on January 1, 1942.

General MacArthur had the nickname 'Dugout Doug'.

General Patton's nickname was 'Old blood and guts'.

It was the Four Policemen who founded the United Nations. When China was included they were called the Four Policemen.

Great Britain, Russia, and the United States were sometimes called the Big Three.

Note: There were even more countries that were on the same side as the Allies mostly because they had been taken over or attacked by Axis countries. Other countries that were part of the Allied Nations included Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, and Greece. They became a member of the Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

China - China was invaded by Japan in 1937.

Poland - It was the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 that started World War II.

Other countries that were part of the Allies: He gained control of mainland China after the war.

Mao Zedong - Leader of the Communist Party of China, he allied with Kai-shek in order to fight the Japanese.

After the war he fled from the communists to Taiwan.

Chiang Kai-shek - Leader of the Republic of China, he allied with the Chinese Communist Party to fight the Japanese.

Vasily Chuikov - Chuikov was the general who led the Russian Army in defending Stalingrad against the fierce German attack.

He led the army that pushed the Germans back to Berlin.

Georgy Zhukov - Zhukov was leader of the Russian Red Army.

France: Charles de Gaulle - Leader of the Free French, de Gaulle led the French resistance movement against Germany.

After winning the war, he set up the Eastern Bloc of Soviet led communist states. He led Russia through terrible and devastating battles with Germany.

Russia: Joseph Stalin - Stalin's title was General Secretary of the Communist Party.

Roosevelt - One of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States, President Roosevelt led the country out of the Great Depression and through World War II. He is known for his famous speeches to his people when the Germans were bombing them during the Battle of Britain. His country was the last country fighting against the Germans in Europe.

Great Britain: Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of World War II, Winston Churchill was a great leader.

(from left to right) Winston Churchill, President Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin

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