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Mexico got involved in 1944 they declared war to the Axis. Why because Germany attacked some Mexican oil Ships. Mexico declared war to the Axis,Mexico send Air-Force planes (Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201) To fight against Japan.

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Mexico declared war on the Axis Powers in support of the Allies on May 22, 1942, following losses of oil ships in the Gulf to German submarine attacks. Although most American countries eventually entered the war on the Allies' side, Mexico and Brazil were the only Latin American nations that sent troops to fight overseas during World War II. Perhaps the most famous fighting unit in the Mexican military was the Escuadron 201, also known as the Aztec Eagles. This group consisted of more than 300 volunteers, where they had trained in the United States to fight against Japan, and also as the first Mexican military unit trained for overseas combat.

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Mexico was involved in World War Two (1939-1945) after 3 Mexican oil tankers were sunk by German submarines and after Mexican agents trained by US intelligence agencies discovered Japanese and German spies plotting to invade the Mexican port of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as Mazatlan and Acapulco in the Pacific, so that they could use these as bases of operations to invade the United States.

Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho declared war on the Axis Powers in May 22, 1942. Mexico sent a modernized air squadron of 36 pilots in P-47 Thunderbolt planes, known as the 201st Air squadron (Spanish: Escuadron 201). Mexico also supplied 150 military servicemen and they fought in the battle of Okinawa, performing air support operations during the entire Pacific Campaign at the liberation of the Philippines.

Not only did Mexico supply a handful of soldiers and airmen but also provided cheap raw materials, oil, and braceros (temporary workers) to help the US while most of their men were fighting out in the war.

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Originally built as the Italian tanker Lucífero, the Potrero del Llano had been seized in port by the Mexican government in April 1941 and renamed in honor of a region in Veracruz. She was attacked and crippled by the German submarine U-564 on 13 May 1942. The attack killed 14 of 35 crewmen. On 20 May 1942, a second tanker, Faja de Oro (which was formerly the Italian Genoano, seized by Mexico one day after the Pearl Harbor attack) was attacked and sunk by the German U-160, killing 10 of 37 crewmen, and the Mexican government was prompted to declare war on the Axis powers on 22 May 1942. The Mexican Air Force's Escuadron Aereo de Pelea 201 (201st Fighter Squadron) served with the US Fifth Air Force in the Philippines during the final year of the war.

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Yes. Escuadron 201 (201st Squadron) was a Mexican fighter squadron that aided the Allied war effort during World War II. The squadron was attached to the 58th Fighter Group of the US Army Air Forces during the liberation of the main Philippine island of Luzon in the summer of 1945. The pilots flew P-47D-30-RA "Thunderbolt" single-seat fighter aircraft carrying out tactical air support missions.

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Yes mexico joined ww2 against the germans but barely did anything

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They fought in the Pacific with the U.S. Air Force

They also had immigrants fight in the U.S. Army

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No. However, a couple of its oil tankers were torpedoed off the Caribbean coast by Nazi submarines, prompting Mexico to join the war against Germany, Italy and Japan.

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