There were 104 countries either involved in or affected by World War II.
Virtually every country was involved in one form or another.
Even the neutral counties were harmed by their neighbors being at war and unable to trade as in the past.
If you want a list of combatants Allies and Axis powers their are good reference pages on Wikipedia. (see Related Links)
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Chile, China, Colombia,Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, British India (now India, Pakistan & Bangladesh), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaya, Malta, Manchukuo, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Rhodesia, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, American Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Soviet Union / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tonga, Transjordan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia
It's called a world war because most countries were involved to some degree even though they may not have been fighting.
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In the United States Armed Forces, 78,750 personnel missing in action had been reported by the end of the war, representing over 19 percent of the total of 405,399 killed during the conflict.
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One source reports that 1,154,720 African-Americans took part in World War II both male and female.
Six Infantry and three airborne divisions took part in D-Day.
The main Allied Forces were British, American, and Canadian. Many smaller units from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Australia, New Zealand, and smaller countries also took part.
They were nick-named 'Tommies'.
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