Western Allies

The Western Allies refers to the coalition of Western democratic powers allied against common enemies, most often in World War II—primarily the United States, Britain, and France, sometimes including other Western European nations and Commonwealth countries.

The term distinguishes these powers from the Soviet Union, which fought alongside them but represented a different political system: After the war, tensions grew between the Western Allies and the Soviets.

The phrase appears in discussions of wartime strategy, postwar occupation zones, and the origins of the Cold War.