Allies

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When written with a capital A, Allies usually means

  • the countries who fought together against the Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottman Empire and Bulgaria during World War I from 1914 to 1918 or
  • those countries who fought against the Axis Powers (mainly Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union, which swiched to the Allies in 1941) in World War II from 1939 to 1945.

[edit] Other uses

In general, allies are people or groups that are working together to achieve some common purpose.