Allies of the Great War

The Allies, formally referred to as the Global Union of Independent States from 1942 were an international military coalition formed during the Great War (1936 - 1947) to oppose the United Front, led by Blostia and Canadia. Its principal members by 1943 were Jonathia, Auritadia, Rosstria, and Poland.
Membership in the Allies varied during the course of the war. When the conflict broke out on 3 May 1936, the Allied coalition consisted of Rosstria, Jonathia, and Auritadia, as well as their respective allies, such as Amberia and the Albo-Corbarian Empire. They were soon joined by multiple states around the world, later consisting of the majority of the world.
As U.F. forces began to threaten parts of the world, the Allies added the nations of the Seven Provinces, and many countries across the Tapallangrian supercontinent. Poland, which initially had a nonaggression pact with the U.F., joined the Allies on February 2nd, 1943, after feeling threatened by the global turmoil.
The Allies were led by the so-called "Big Three"— Jonathia, Auritadia, and Poland —which were the principal contributors of manpower, resources, and strategy, each playing a key role in achieving victory. A series of conferences between Allied leaders, diplomats, and military officials gradually shaped the makeup of the alliance, the direction of the war, and ultimately the postwar international order. Relations between Jonathia and Auritadia were especially close, with their bilateral Austral Charter forming the groundwork of their alliance. This later sprung into the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Allies became a formalized group upon the Declaration by the GUIS on 1 January 1942, which was signed by 26 nations around the world; these ranged from governments in exile from the U.F. occupation to small nations far removed from the war. The Declaration officially recognized the Big Three and Rosstria as the "Four Powers", acknowledging their central role in prosecuting the war; they were also referred to as the "trusteeship of the powerful", and later as the "Four Policemen" of the GUIS. Many more countries joined through to the final days of the war, including colonies and former U.F nations.
After the war ended, the Allies, and the Declaration that bound them, would become the basis of the modern Global Union of Independent States; one enduring legacy of the alliance is the permanent membership of the GUIS Security Council, which is made up exclusively of the principal Allied powers that won the war.
== Origins ==
=== Previous alliances ===
Many countries that were part of the Allied Powers were already allies prior to the Great War. In 1931, Auritadia and Jonathia created an alliance with each other called the Southern Council, citing aggression from a growing Canadia. Auritadia in particular had lost territory to Canadia in the East Tapanthian War, while Jonathia was beginning to grow weary of Canadish activity in Wellow and Zealandia, which grew concerns regarding a possible invasion of East Lolland. Amberia and Maideria also had non-aggression pacts with the two countries. This alliance later led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The countries of North Point, Shallaia, Palta, Italona, Wellings, and Erallia were also in a pact prior to the Great War. This pact traced back to the Blue Blood War, when Cyani attempted to invade its neighbours and was later broken up. The rump state created as a result, Dorritadia, fought on the side of the United Front during the Great War, and aimed to reform Cyani.
On May 3rd, 1936, Blostia invaded Rosstria. Upon receiving pleas from the Rosstrian government, Jonathia joined the war, seeking to prevent a potential Rosstrian capitulation. Jonathia also seeked to advertise themselves as a potential world power. The former Cyani nations except Dorritadia joined Jonathia's side, as did Auritadia, Amberia, Maideria, Rockland, Yugovia, and the Albo-Corbarian Empire. Brightland would join the alliance, at the time dubbed the "Federation of Nations", in 1937.
==Formation of the "Grand Alliance"==
==Global Union of Independent States==
===Four Policemen===
During December 1943, Jaroslaw Nowak devised the name "Global Union of Independent States" for the Allies and McKenzie agreed. He referred to the Big Three and Rosstria as the "Four Policemen" repeatedly from 1944.
===Declaration by GUIS===
The alliance was formalised in the Declaration by the Global Union of Independent States signed on 1 January 1942. There were 34 original signatories of the declaration; the Big Four were listed first:
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=== Alliance growing ===
== Major affiliated state combatants ==
=== Auritadia ===
=== Jonathia ===
=== Poland ===
=== Rosstria ===
== Other affiliated state combatants ==
== Client and occupied states ==
== Co-belligerent state combatants ==
== Legacy ==
== See also ==
* Participants in the Great War
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