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Which countries didn't participate in WW2?

I know Switzerland didn't, but there were some others...please help!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Ireland in Europe.

    All the countries in South America and Africa. Although north African countries like Morocco were battlegrounds. Middle Eastern countries like Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and other countries on Arabian peninsula, Iraq, etc.

    Source(s): History
  • 1 decade ago

    All of South and Central America; Sweden, Switzerland and Spain in Europe; many Asian nations and probably a few Pacific island nations that were not invaded by the Japanese.

  • ryan s
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    there were 6 major European powers that sat out WWII while 13 others were overrun and occupied. Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and Portugal and Turkey were so called neutrals during the war. For an interesting look into these please check out this article: http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/letter...

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Axis powers: Germany, Japan, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia Allied ability: u . s ., uk, Soviet Union, Australia, France, Canada, China, Poland, Greece, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Yugoslavia impartial powers: Argentina, eire, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vatican city Now some would say that 51 international places faught for the allies. when you consider that 51 international places were structure contributors of the UN, and with the intention to finish that they had to of faught hostile to a minimum of one axis ability.

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  • 1 decade ago

    sweden, portugal, Spain (they supported hitler but never officially), Most of Latin America did not declare war on Germany, Ireland, switzerland

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Finland definitely did participate in WWII...they were the first country attacked by the Soviet Union after they (the Soviets) signed their "non-aggression pact" with the Nazis...BTW the Finns kicked their asses....D

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ireland remained neutral, sort of. Antarctica stayed out of the war, but then noone was really worried about the penguins.

    There must have been others.

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