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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
ok, minor interest. Britain adopted a wholly defensive attitude until 1944 leaving the heavy lifting to the Americans. The Russians did not declare war until august 6, 1945. The French (Vichy) collaborated with the Japanese until early 45, not something they like to remember. The Dutch did fight hard to defend Indonesia in early 42, but were overwhelmed.
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Wholly defensive? Well what about Orde Wingate and the Chindits?
As for the rest:
The Japanese and Soviets first fought each other way back July 0f 1938.
Several of the French colonies in the pacific sided with the Free French instead of the Vichy. As a matter of fact despite being nominally on the Axis' side, fighting between the Vichy French and Japanese still broke out in Sept of 1940 when the Japanese violated the terms of their agreement over the occupation of French Indochina.
As for the Dutch, they might have been overwhelmed but they still participated too.