'The Security Council consists of fifteen members. The great powers that were the victors of World War II — Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, and the United States...' Wikipedia

Wot the hell are the Frogs doing in that formulation?

They lost 600,000 people to the Nazis, more than the total losses to either Britain or the US, so maybe they earned it?

Britain, the US and France together didn't lose as many people as any of India, Indonesia or Vietnam individually, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

Not that anybody considered giving them a voice in the reorganization of the world.