A couple of these are "interesting". Poland 1939, 1 September Australia 1939, 3 September France 1939, 3 September United Kingdom 1939, 3 September India 1939, 3 September New Zealand 1939, 3 September Rhodesia 1939, 3 September Nepal 1939, 4 September Newfoundland 1939, 4 September Tonga 1939, 4 September South Africa 1939, 6 September Canada 1939, 10 September Denmark 1940, 8 April Norway 1940, 8 April Greenland 1940, 9 April Faroe Islands 1940, 12 April Belgian Congo 1940, 10 May Belgium 1940, 10 May Luxembourg 1940, 10 May Netherlands 1940, 10 May Free France 1940, 18 June Greece 1940, 28 October Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1941, 6 April Soviet Union 1941, 22 June Tannu Tuva 1941, 25 June until 1944, 11 October Panama 1941, 7 December Philippines 1941, 7 December Costa Rica 1941, 8 December Dominican Republic 1941, 8 December El Salvador 1941, 8 December Haiti 1941, 8 December Honduras 1941, 8 December Nicaragua 1941, 8 December United States of America 1941, 8 December Republic of China 1941, 9 December Cuba 1941, 9 December Czechoslovakia 1941, 16 December Peru 1942, 12 February Mexico 1942, 22 May Brazil 1942, 22 August Ethiopia 1942, 14 December .................................................. .................................................. ..... Iraq 1943, 17 January Bolivia 1943, 7 April Iran 1943, 9 September Italy 1943, 13 October Colombia 1943, 26 November Liberia 1944, 27 January Romania 1944, 25 August Bulgaria 1944, 8 September San Marino 1944, 21 September Albania 1944, 26 October Hungary 1945, 20 January Bahawalpur 1945, 2 February Ecuador 1945, 2 February Paraguay 1945, 7 February Uruguay 1945, 15 February Venezuela 1945, 15 February Turkey 1945, 23 February Lebanon 1945, 27 February Saudi Arabia 1945, 1 March Finland 1945, 3 March Chile 1945, 11 April Argentina 1945, 27 March Mongolia 1945, 9 August
Interesting how some of the colonies are shown as having declared war seperately! And the late comers who had to declare war to be accepted into the United Nations in the closing days.
You forgot Berwick on Tweed, who until recently was still offically at war as they had not been included in the various peace treaties, since they have a very ambigious place in Britian. Also, War was declared by Scotland from the Mercet Cross in Edinburgh in the time old tradition
What was the time old tradition - was it an announcement or something more elaborate involving pipes and alcohol?
War had to be formally declared by the Town crier reading out the declaration for the population of Edinburgh. The alcohol came later. There famous story of the Pipe major of the Honk Kong Volunteers, who turned up at the Scots companys position with his rifle on his back, his pipes under his arm and a crate of whisky. The latter was as he said "Only for medicainal purposes!"
