Following the September 11 attacks, the US called for 'everyone' to join them in a great coalition, to conduct a campaign against terrorists who make war against civilised people. Through painstaking diplomacy, a broad coalition was established led by the US, with its traditional allies, but also supported by new military partners including Japan, Russia and Pakistan, and with some of America's allies in the Middle East staying very much in the background.

Dynamic maps What governments said Coalition installations Coalition military might

Our dynamic maps give a picture of the coalition in the days prior to the start of the war in Afghanistan - the military hardware which was at their disposal, the capacity and location of their military installations in the Middle East and Central Asia, and give a review the political stance of governments world wide to the US's call to join the coalition.