The US (Allies) are one of the two playable factions, along with Germany (Axis) available in Heroes and Generals and their two starting capitals on the campaign map are London and Edinburgh.

Historical Facts

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as seeking to stop German, Italian and Japanese aggression, with the Danzig crisis as the immediate trigger.

The anti-German coalition at the start of the war (1 September 1939) consisted of France, Poland and Great Britain, soon to be joined by the British Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa.) After first having cooperated with Germany in partitioning Poland whilst remaining neutral in the Allied-Axis conflict, the Soviet Union joined the Allies in June-1941 after being invaded by Germany and its allies in Operation Barbarossa. The United States joined in December 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As of 1942, the "Big Three" leaders of Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States controlled Allied policy; relations between Britain and the U.S. were especially close, the latter replacing France as Britain's prime partner after the Entente Cordiale dissolved in the aftermath of the fall of France, despite last ditch efforts to save it by turning it into a fully fledged Franco-British Union. Other key Allies included China, the British Raj (India), the Netherlands, Norway and Yugoslavia as well as Free France; there were numerous others. Together they called themselves the "United Nations" (and in 1945 created the modern UN).

The World War II, also known as the Second World War, was the bloodiest conflict in history that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and it was fought predominantly in Europe and across the Pacific and eastern Asia. The World War II was fought by the vast majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers(Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, China, Soviet Union and the United States ). The second world war was divided by two alliances: Axis and Allies.

Causes

In Germany there is a strong desire to escape the limitations imposed on the country by the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler and his National Socialist party managed to conquer state power by using these popular sentiments anti-versaillese.
Hitler led Germany over a process that was marked successively: rearmament, reoccupation Rheinelandului union with Austria (Anschluss), the incorporation of Czechoslovakia and finally invaded Poland.
In Asia, Japan aimed also to seize natural resources such as oil, coal or iron ore resources that the Japanese islands lacked.
Germany invaded Poland under the false pretext that the Poles had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets

Axis and his allies

Germany (Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, ending World War II in Europe)
Japan (China and Japan had been at war since 1937)
Italy (Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom on 10 June 1940. It signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943)
Hungary (Join in 22 June until 1941-20 Jan.1945)
Romania (An Axis member from November 1940, Romania joined the Allies in August 1944 after a royalist coup deposed the fascist Antonescu regime)
Bulgaria (An Axis member from March 1941, Bulgaria joined the Allies in September 1944 following a pro-Soviet coup)

Co-belligerents

Finland
Thailand
Iraq

European client states

Albania
Croatia
Slovakia

Commanders and leaders of Axis power

German Reich (1935–1945) - Adolf Hitler
Japan - Hirohito
Italy (1919-1944) - Benito Mussolini
Romania - Ion Antonescu
Hungary (1920–1946) - Miklós Horthy
Finland - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Finland wasn't real ally but fought with Germany against Soviet Russia)

Allies

Soviet Union (In 1939, in agreement with Germany, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland. In the winter of 1939–40, it also invaded neutral Finland. The Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for its invasion of Finland. It joined the Allies after being invaded by the Axis powers on 22 June 1941)
United States (On 8 December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Congress declared war on Japan at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This was followed by Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States on 11 December, bringing the country into the European theatre)
United Kingdom (Great Britain and other members of the British Commonwealth) declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939.
France ( Vichy France was occupied by Germany and Italy after Operation Torch. After the liberation of France, Free France established the Provisional French Republic in 1944, which participated as a major ally in the invasion and defeat of Germany)
China (China's nationalist government led a united front of various Chinese factions against Japan)
Poland (The invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, started the war in Europe, and the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany on 3 September. Poland fielded the third biggest army among the European Allies, after the Soviet Union and United Kingdom, but before France. The country never officially surrendered to the Third Reich, nor to the Soviet Union, primarily because either of the totalitarian powers did not request an official surrender, and continued the war effort under the Polish government in exile)
Canada (Canada was a self-governing sovereign dominion under the Statute of Westminster in 1931 and it was the last member of the Commonwealth to declare war on Germany on 10 September 1939)
Australia (Australia was a self-governing sovereign dominion under the British monarchy)
New Zealand (New Zealand was a self-governing sovereign dominion under the British monarchy)
Yugoslavia
Greece (Greece was invaded by Italy on 28 October 1940 and subsequently joined the Allies. The Greek government went into exile, but German forces met fierce opposition from the Greek Resistance. Axis forces left Greece in 1944)
Netherlands (The Netherlands became an Allied member after being invaded on 10 May 1940 by Germany. During the ensuing campaign, the Netherlands were defeated and occupied by Germany. The Netherlands was liberated by Canadian, British, American and other allied forces during the campaigns of 1944 and 1945)
Belgium (Before the war, Belgium had pursued a policy of neutrality and only became an Allied member after being invaded by Germany on 10 May 1940. Finally on 28 May, the King Leopold III surrendered himself and his military to the Germans, having decided the Allied cause was lost.British and Canadian troops arrived in Belgium in September 1944 and the capital, Brussels, was liberated on 6 September. Because of the Ardennes Offensive, the country was only fully liberated in early 1945)
South Africa (South Africa was a self-governing sovereign dominion under the British monarchy)
Norway (Because of its strategic location for control of the sea lanes in the North Sea and the Atlantic, both the Allies and Germany worried about the other side gaining control of the neutral country. Germany ultimately struck first with operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940, resulting in the occupation of Norway)
Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia collapsed after the Munich Agreement, in the face of German threats in March 1939. In 1941 a Czechoslovak government-in-exile was formed in London; it organised the resistance in its homeland and contributed volunteers to Britain's war effort)
Ethiopia
Brazil (Initially, Brazil maintained a position of neutrality, trading with both the Allies and the Axis Powers but the United States initiated forceful diplomatic and economic efforts to bring Brazil on to the Allied side)
Denmark (In April 1940 Germany conquered Denmark in a lightning campaign. The Danish government remained in place, but ceased to cooperate with Germany in August 1943. It was dissolved and the country put under full German occupation as a result)
Mexico (Mexico declared war on Germany in 1942 after German submarines attacked the Mexican oil tankers. These attacks prompted President Manuel Ávila Camacho to declare war on the Axis powers)

Commanders and leaders of Allies power

Soviet Union (1923-1955) - I. V. Stalin
United States - Franklin Roosevelt
United Kingdom - Winston Churchill
Poland - Edward Rydz-Śmigły
Republic of China - Chiang Kai-shek
France 1940-1944 - Charles de Gaulle

Axis collapse, Allied victory

~On 16 December 1944, Germany attempted its last desperate measure for success on the Western Front by using most of its remaining reserves to launch a massive counter-offensive in the Ardennes to attempt to split the Western Allies, encircle large portions of Western Allied troops and capture their primary supply port at Antwerp to prompt a political settlement. By January, the offensive had been repulsed with no strategic objectives fulfilled. ~In February, the Soviets invaded Silesia and Pomerania, while Western Allies entered Western Germany and closed to the Rhine river. By March, the Western Allies crossed the Rhine north and south of the Ruhr, while the Soviets advanced to Vienna. ~Several changes in leadership occurred during this period. On 12 April, President Roosevelt died and was succeeded by Harry Truman. Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans on 28 April.Two days later, Hitler committed suicide, and was succeeded by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. ~German forces surrendered in Italy on 29 April. Total and unconditional surrender was signed on 7 May, to be effective by the end of 8 May. German Army Group Centre resisted in Prague until 11 May.

Impact

Estimates for the total casualties of the war vary, because many deaths went unrecorded. Most suggest that some 80 million people died in the war, including about 27 million military personnel and 46 million civilians. Many of the civilians died because of deliberate genocide, massacres, mass-bombing, disease, and starvation.

The Soviet Union lost around 30 million people during the war, including 9 million military and 20 million civilian deaths.

Germany sustained 6 million military losses, mostly on the Eastern Front and during the final battles in Germany.

Roughly 8 million civilians died in China under Japanese occupation

Documentaries

Strategy

At the moment the Allied clans, who are tired of holding the team up, are staying off the RTS game for now, to make the point that without them the Allies stand even less of a chance.

Tanks:

It is a good idea to fight German tanks in a hull down position (don't do this with the M3 Lee for obvious reasons) since your turret armour is stronger than your hull armour (with the exception of the Chaffee)
When fighting the dreaded Panzer 38(t), aim for the gun mantlet, since it only has 25mm of armour there, whereas the frontal turret armour is 50mm
Face the enemy tanks head on
There is no ramming damage in the game yet, but ramming an enemy tank may flip them (or yourself)
When you are in a fast tank, always try to flank the enemy

Weapons

Allied Weapons

Vehicles

Allied Vehicles

Gallery

US (Allies)

US (Allied) Clans

1st United States Army Group[1]
Allied Commando Force
Death by Snoo (reddit) [2]
Europa's Army[3]
Princess Irene Brigade
The Skeleton Crew[4]
The Royal Hampshires[5]

Trivia

When did President Franklin Roosevelt die?

   April 12, 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12th, 1945 from cerebral hemorrhage. He was just over 63 years old when he died.

On what date did Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, and in turn the United States declared war on Germany and Italy?

   December 11, 1941.

On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on what city?

   Hiroshima.

What general commanded the U.S. 3rd army in the Battle of the Bulge?

   George Patton.

What was the longest battle of WWII?

   Battle of the Atlantic.

On what day did D-Day occur?

   June 6, 1944.

In 'Operation Thunderclap' on February 13-15 1945 the RAF and US Army Air Force devasted a major German city. Which was it?

   Dresden. Up to that point, Dresden had been left largely untouched by Allied bombing, because of its lack of strategic targets. The preferred range of estimates of the number of people killed (mainly civilian) has narrowed in the 21st century to about 25,000.

United States

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