Cuba

Allegiance

Role in WW2

Main article: Military history of Cuba

​Cuba joined the Allies on 8 December 1941, when it declared war on Japan. On 11 December, it also declared war on Germany and Italy. The United States naval station at Guantanamo Bay served as an important base for protecting Allied shipping in the Caribbean, and on 15 May 1943, a Cuban warship sank the German submarine U-176 in waters near Havana. Cuba began to plan a conscription program in order to contribute troops, but this had not materialized by the end of the war.[citation needed]