2. most of world war ii was fought between the axis powers (germany, japan, and italy) and the three major allied powers. two of the allied powers were the united states and great britain. they were both democratic nations. the third major allied power was not a democratic nation. identify the nation, and explain how a nation with a totalitarian form of government became an ally of the united states and great britain.

The Soviet Union came as an ally of the Us and Uk after Russia was invaded by Nazi Germany

The Soviet Union was an ally to the German Empire, however, Hitler did not like the idea of communism and started his campaign towards Moscow, when this was happening, Stalin repeatedly asked the allies to help them (begging). After the Allies decided to accept to help him, Stalin asked multiple times to help them by fighting the Germans on a second front, coming to the invasion of Normandy. Simply, Stalin begged, and he got what he wanted.