What would happen if Turkey joined the Axis?

Originally Answered: How would Turkey affect WW2 if it joined the axis in 1939? Its most effective use could have been to attack and occupy the middle east to deprive Britain of the oil and supply it to Germany. It would also haven given a second avenue of attack into Egypt and to capture the strategic Suez canal.

Why did Germany not invade Sweden in WW2?

Germany had all to lose and nothing to gain on attacking Sweden. Sweden was a highly industrialized and a large but sparsely inhabitated country, and attacking Sweden would have led into a just as bitter fight as the Soviets faced in Finland. Sweden had a good army, good air force and it was prepared to war.

Why did Sweden support the Axis powers in WW2?

A final point regarding support for the Axis Powers in WW2 concerns Operation Barbarossa, the German plan to invade the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941. The Germans asked the Swedes to allow German armed forces to be transported by train through Swedish land, from Norway to Finland.

What were Sweden’s concessions to Germany during WW2?

Perhaps the most important aspect of Sweden’s concessions to Germany during the Second World War was the extensive export of iron ore for use in the German weapons industry, reaching ten million tons per year. The Swedish neutrality policy meant that the government could not interfere with the trade.

What was the Swedish non-aligned policy during the Cold War?

The Swedish non-aligned policy during this period was founded on the assumption that there were two opposing powers in the Baltic, Germany and the Soviet Union; Because these two powers needed to guard against each other, the hope was that they would only ever be able to deploy minor forces against Sweden or other non-aligned countries.

What was the policy of non-belligerency in WW2?

A Swedish soldier during World War Two. Sweden, during the Second World War, declared an official policy of ‘non-belligerency,’ meaning that the nation itself was unattached to either the Allied Powers or the Axis Powers. Since the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden had attempted to maintain this policy of neutrality.