Which country was the bravest in World War II?

[Jana]

Bravest nation was hands-down Serbia. While the Croatian neighbors boot-licked the Nazis - the Serbs resisted, even pestering Nazis with Guerrilla warfare. They lost 50% of the male population.

Lmao, Serbs didn't lose even 10 percent of male population in ww2, where are these fantasies coming from ?
They lost quater of male population in ww1.

Serbia had its own quislig government and nazi party, and Belgrade was first Juden frei city in Europe.

Croatian faschists Were Italian and Hungarian, not Hitlers allies initially and their ideology was home bred ultra nationalism much more similar to Italian faschism than to German nazism.

[Longbowman]

In the end only Poland and France are the most notably German victories, after those nothing more worthy of notice.

Poland wasn't notable either. Poland is much smaller than Germany AND the USSR did half the work

Forgot to mention

Tried to invade the UK (failure)

[Bogdan]

Germany and the Soviet Union

[MinervaItalica]

Poland wasn't notable either. Poland is much smaller than Germany AND the USSR did half the work

Forgot to mention

Tried to invade the UK (failure)

I've read that Poland was also military backward and they fought with horses against German tanks, so, another easy win.

[MinervaItalica]

Returning on topic... didn't that Rommel guy prised Italian soldiers?

Anyway if i've to choose i would vote for Japan. Italian soldiers also fight well (considering they were poorly equipped) but unfortunately were commanded by some inept officers.

[Krivich]

The UK.

Lol @ the wehraboos claiming Germany fought alone. Leaving aside quisling governments and allied puppet states like Croatia, what are the Italian empire, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, the Vichy french and the fact Germany itself was twice as large as the Germany of today? And imperial Japan, and Thailand? And the majority of Ukraine and the Baltics? And he entire ussr until late 41? Germany was only ever close to being alone when all their allies turned on then when they were being pwnd, scrabbling like drowning rats to save their own skin.

Germany's war record:
Occupied Bohemia (no war)
Conquered Poland alongside the USSR (victory)
Conquered/occupied the mighty Benelux countries (victory)
Occupied Denmark (small clashes only)
Conquered mighty Norway (victory)
Conquered France alongside Italy (victory)
Conquered mighty Greece alongside Italy and Bulgaria (victory)
Attempted to expand Italian and Vichy holdings in north Africa against badly outnumbered British and Commonwealth forces (failure)
Attempted to occupy Yugoslavia (failure)
Attempted to invade the USSR alongside all their allies plus Spain and Portugal (failure)
Attempted to defend Poland (failure)
Attempted to defend France (failure)
Attempted to defend Italy (failure)
Attempted to defend Vichy Africa and Italian Africa (failure)
Attempted to defend Greece (failure)
Attempted to defend Bulgaria and Romania (failure)
Attempted to occupy Finland (failure)
Attempted to defend Benelux countries (mostly a failure)
Attempted to defend Czechoslovakia (failure)
Attempted to defend Germany (subsequently lost all territory captured/conquered, one third of its starting land forever, much of its population and it was divided in two)

Bravest nation apart from the UK was Japan and then Poland.

Bravo. In fact, allies of Germany were all of Europe, Japan, northern Africa was helping. I'm amazed at how many people do not know history at all and say that Germany was one .... Idiocy. Many former allies of Germany are worried that they were raped ... A very good excuse for their war crimes.

The whole of Europe is against the USSR. And in the USSR only Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians were the only ones who could fight ... The rest were useless ballast. So the whole of Europe is against one nation, against the Russians. All these vaunted allies, like the United States, joined the large-scale military actions only in 1945, when it was necessary to divide Europe into spheres of influence and the results of the war became known.

[meisje]

If you look at the size of the country, Finland by far, I always adore their performance against Soviets

[Hulu]

Poland wasn't notable either. Poland is much smaller than Germany AND the USSR did half the work

Forgot to mention

Tried to invade the UK (failure)

Germany really never tried to invade UK. They considered british their next of kin. It was easy for the brits to be brave in their isolated island away from continental Europe.

[Finnish Swede]

Poland wasn't notable either. Poland is much smaller than Germany AND the USSR did half the work

Forgot to mention

Tried to invade the UK (failure)

Tried to invade Finland...also Failure!!!! And just 4,5million people nation Finland was even in losers side. Much bravier than any Britan or British!

I would even call it miracle (of WW II)

[Slavic Italian]

Tried to invade Finland...also Failure!!!! And Sjust 4,5million people nation Finland was even in losers side. Much bravier than any Britan or British!

I have several Finnish cousins who fought against Soviets. I am a quarter Finn but you would never know it.