While the Allied powers in World War II all wanted to defeat the Axis powers, they nevertheless all had somewhat different particular goals. For the British, the goal was to protect themselves from invasion by the Nazis. For the United States, the primary goal was to protect Europe from being taken over by the Nazis, which would cause America to lose a great deal of political, economic, and military power. For the Soviet Union, the primary goal was to resist the Nazis, who were planning to wage war against the Soviet Union in order to secure their territory, despite having signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviets in the 1930s.
