puppet states   India Egypt (1940-42, 1945) [ nb 3 ] Philippines (1941–45) Syria (1941, 1945) [ nb 4 ] Mongolia (1941–45) ... and others Axis   Germany   Japan (at war 1937–45)   Italy (1940–43)   Romania (1941–44)   Hungary (1941–45)   Bulgaria (1941–44)   Thailand (1942–45) Co-belligerents Vichy France