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They had their heads full of visions of conquest and glory. Looking back to WWI through the lens of 2007, it would appear to us a foregone conclusion that the US would eventually enter the war on the side of the Allies. However, that is not exactly the case.
The major Allied Powers were Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. The Allies formed mostly as a defense against the attacks of the Axis Powers. The original members of the Allies included Great Britain, France and Poland. When Germany invaded Poland, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Poland-It was the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 that started World War II. 2  China-China was invaded by Japan in 1937. 3  They became a member of the Allies after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. 4  Great Britain, Russia, and the United States were sometimes called the Big Three.