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What would happen if Turkey joined WW2?
Originally Answered: How would Turkey affect WW2 if it joined the axis in 1939? Its most effective use could have been to attack and occupy the middle east to deprive Britain of the oil and supply it to Germany. It would also haven given a second avenue of attack into Egypt and to capture the strategic Suez canal.
What would happen if Franco joined the Axis?
Franco knew this and wisely decided to stay out of WWII. If Spain had joined the Axis (Germany and Italy) in 1940, then Gibraltar would have fallen and the Mediterranean sea would have been closed to the British.
What did Portugal do during WW2?
As World War II raged across Europe, Portugal sold tungsten and other goods to Nazi Germany, profiting handsomely from its neutral status in the conflict. The Nazis paid with gold bullion looted from countries they conquered and, it is suspected, from victims of the Holocaust.
Did Portugal fight in WW2?
Portugal. Portugal – Portugal was officially neutral during World War II. However, it maintained a close relationship with the UK, due to the alliance it had for the last six hundred years, which is the longest lasting military alliance in history.
What did Saudi Arabia do in WW2?
After Saudi Arabia declared its neutrality during World War II (1939–45), Britain and the United States subsidized Saudi Arabia, which declared war on Germany in 1945, and this thus enabled the kingdom to enter the United Nations as a founding member.
Did Spain ever declare non-belligerent in WW2?
Spain did indeed declare nonbelligerent status, and did sign an understanding that it would eventually join the Tripartite Pact. As late as December 1942, Franco believed that at the right moment, Spain would join the war on the side of the Axis Powers. A Falangist Blue Division did serve on the Eastern Front until mid-1943.
What would have happened if the Allies invaded Portugal in 1942?
An Allied landing in Portugal in 1942 would likely go much worse than in North Africa. Rather than demoralized Vichy French troops, they would face German army troops immediately and reinforcements would flood in. Best case, they grab a toe hold on the continent and manage to hold it.
What would have happened if Britain had invaded Spain in WW1?
It would have seriously compromised the Axis situation. The first thing would have been a war with Portugal and Britain, and UK would have immediately seized all Spanish economical assets and initiated a tonnage war on Spanish shipping to Americas.
What would have happened if Spain was in chaos in 1941?
Spain in chaos would have caused Hitler and Mussolini so much headache that USSR could have freely invaded the Eastern Europe in 1941. An additional invasion would have been made to take out Franco and after the war the republican/communist side would have taken control of the country.