What are the ABCD powers?

What are the ABCD powers?

• A. America, Britain, China, and Germany
• B. America, Britain, China, and the Dutch
• C. America, Britain, France, and the Dutch
• D. America, Japan, China, and the Dutch

Answer: (C)

ABCD powers refers to the four major Allied nations seen as the key anti-Japanese coalition in the Pacific during World War II: the United States (America), Britain, China, and the Netherlands (the Dutch). The label comes from Japanese observers who used the initials A, B, C, and D to describe these four countries as the principal partners against Japan. Each contributed in different ways: the United States brought vast industrial and military strength; Britain supported naval and air operations and footholds across Asia and the Pacific; China had been fighting Japan since the mid-1930s and remained a crucial ally; the Dutch provided resources and troops from the Dutch East Indies as part of the Allied effort. France isn’t part of this quartet in the standard usage of the term, even though Free French forces joined Allied actions in other theaters. So the correct grouping is America, Britain, China, and the Dutch.

ABCD powers refers to the four major Allied nations seen as the key anti-Japanese coalition in the Pacific during World War II: the United States (America), Britain, China, and the Netherlands (the Dutch). The label comes from Japanese observers who used the initials A, B, C, and D to describe these four countries as the principal partners against Japan. Each contributed in different ways: the United States brought vast industrial and military strength; Britain supported naval and air operations and footholds across Asia and the Pacific; China had been fighting Japan since the mid-1930s and remained a crucial ally; the Dutch provided resources and troops from the Dutch East Indies as part of the Allied effort. France isn’t part of this quartet in the standard usage of the term, even though Free French forces joined Allied actions in other theaters. So the correct grouping is America, Britain, China, and the Dutch.