page_title: History of Uruguay
section_title: International relations
hierarchical_section_title: History of Uruguay / World War II / International relations
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Senor Montero de Bustamante, Uruguayan Charge d'Affaires, speaking at the ceremony at Hornchurch, Essex to name a Spitfire ("Uruguay XVI") subscribed to by the people of Uruguay. Air Vice Marshal H W L Saunders, Air Officer Commanding No 11 Group of Fighter Command, is on the extreme left, with the Rt Hon H H Balfour MP, Under Secretary of State for Air (second from left) and Air Vice Marshal R M Hill, Air Officer Commanding No 12 Group (centre foreground).
context_page_description: The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history, the colonial period, the period of nation-building, and the history of Uruguay as an independent country.
context_section_description: On 25 January 1942, Uruguay terminated its diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany, as did 21 other Latin American nations (Argentina did not). In February 1945, Uruguay signed the Declaration by United Nations and subsequently declared war on the Axis powers but did not participate in any actual fighting.
caption: Senor Montero de Bustamante, Uruguayan Chargé d'Affaires in the United Kingdom, speaking at a 1943 ceremony to name a Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter funded by Uruguayan donations.
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