<P> The Grand Alliance , also known as The Big Three , was a military alliance consisting of the three major Allied powers of World War II : the Soviet Union , the United States , and the United Kingdom . It is often called the `` Strange Alliance '' because it united the world 's greatest capitalist state , the greatest communist state and the greatest colonial power . </P>
who made up the big three in ww2
the Soviet Union the United States the United Kingdom