Mexico and the US in WWII

1. I supplied the Allies with materiel through the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, but didn't engage in much direct military conflict until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Then I joined the war on the side of Allies, playing an enormous role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in Western Europe, and almost single-handedly fought Imperial Japan until I finally dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the war.

1. I tried to keep a relatively low profile in World War II, not joining the war for several months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. My motivation for joining the war was the German U-boat attacks on my oil tankers. I kept to the views of my Latin American neighbors, joining the on the side of the Allies. I played my part though! I supplied my big bro up north with my abundant raw materials to support the war effort, and I was one of two nations to send ground troops to Europe.

1. What I may lack in size, I make up for in pride. I fought alongside the Allies in Europe to defeat Nazi tyranny, and my air force helped to take down Japan in the Philippines. My Esquadron 201 fighter bomber unit helped to defeat the Japanese at the Battle of Luzon, bringing the Allies one step closer to suffocating the Japanese Empire.

1. I've got the biggest, baddest, most technologically advanced military in the world. I refined previous technologies like the tank, the rifle, and the gas mask, producing them of the highest quality. Of course, I also developed the first atomic weapons and used them to win a decisive victory over Japan. Second only to the Soviets in sheer numbers of soldiers, my military was superior in both air and sea power.

1. I'm fine with being the quiet one in a relationship. When you're relatively small and not very wealthy, it helps to get on the good side of the big kid. With that mindset, I play along with what is required of me: exporting my raw materials, sending over my farm workers in the Braceros Program, and even engaging in some military conflict in the Pacific. Not much changed for me after the war, but the need for oil certainly helped my economy. Not to mention that my relationship with the big guy to the north became stronger over the course of the war.

1. I like to have the power in a relationship. That's why I capitalized on my wealth and economic development by exploiting the labor and natural resources of my southern neighbor to develop an economically advantageous relationship. Through the Braceros Program, I was able to bring cheap labor to the countryside of the south and recruit men to my military. The end of World War II left me as one of the two world superpowers, and I would continue to flex my muscles in the Americas and around the world to influence political climates in favor of democracy and capitalist economies.