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Central Powers
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Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco , 1892-1975, Spanish general and caudillo [leader]. He became a general at the age of 32 after commanding the Spanish Foreign Legion in Morocco. During the next 10 years he enhanced his military reputation in a variety of commands and became identified politically with the conserv... Read more
Boris III
Boris III 1894-1943, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43), son of Czar Ferdinand , on whose abdication he succeeded to the throne. He ruled constitutionally until 1934, then set up a military dictatorship under his premier, Kimon Georgiev, and in 1935 began his personal dictatorship. He turned toward the Ax... Read more
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Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu , 1882-1946, Romanian marshal and dictator. He served in World War I and later became chief of staff, but he fell into disfavor with King Carol II because of his pro-Nazi attitude and his suspected intrigues with the Iron Guard . In World War II, on Sept. 4-5, 1940, Carol, threatene... Read more
Iron Guard
Iron Guard Romanian nationalistic, anti-Semitic, and antiparliamentary group, founded in 1924 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu . Originally named the Legion of the Archangel Michael, it was organized on military lines and operated through terrorism. Its most notable victims were Premier Ion Duca, assass... Read more
Armageddon
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Peter II
Peter II 1923-70, king of Yugoslavia (1934-45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander , was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when Paul's government signed (Mar., 1941) an agreement with the Axis Powers, the army and people of Yugosla... Read more

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Axis Powers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Axis Powers. A treaty signed in 1936 between Germany and Italy formed what was...1940. Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary were the other principal Axis powers.See also Axis strategy and co-operation . Bibliography Wiskemann, E. , The...
Allied powers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Allied powers, those countries which actively opposed the Axis powers . The principal ones were China, France, the UK and...United Nations Declaration were also regarded as Allied powers. See also Grand Alliance .
Nuremberg Trials
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...the next few years, the European Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria...stalled. By the end of the war, the Axis powers were battered and beleaguered...Although the surrender of the Axis powers brought the war to its formal conclusion...
World War II
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...Europe. The war pitted the Allied Powers (the United States, Canada, Australia...China, among others) against the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary...peak of territorial expansion for Axis powers during World War II. It also marked...
economic warfare
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...American economic strategy against the Axis powers. But economic warfare during the...4)an indirect hampering of the Axis wartime economy by additional strains...strengthening of neutral resistance to Axis powers, both by economic aid and by threats...
Tito, Marshal
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...x2013; 45), where the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and...clashed with the Allied powers of America, Great Britain...Soviet Union. After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia...small force to resist the Axis powers. At the same time, a...
collaboration
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...naturally viewed by the Axis powers in a favourable light...occupied by the Allied powers at the end of the war...co-operation with an Axis occupying power, though...of the war, when the Axis powers seemed to be heading for...
Rio conference
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...those who had not declared war on the Axis powers would do so. Chile and Argentina...Political Defense. This monitored pro-Axis activities, and its investigations...s severance of relations with the Axis powers in 1943. See also diplomacy .
The Making of the United Nations
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations ...staggering, and it was clear that the coalition against the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, and their allies) would...their determination to withstand the onslaught of the Axis powers. The declaration was subsequently signed by the governments...
India
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Few had any sympathy with the values and aims of the Axis powers. Jawaharlal Nehru , for example, was caught between...and abroad, like Subhas Chandra Bose , supported the Axis powers and hoped to use the war to overthrow the Raj. Most...

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Axis Powers
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Axis Powers An alliance of fascist states fighting with...creation of a Rome-Berlin ‘axis round which all European states can also...The Tripartite Pact between the three powers in 1940 cemented the alliance, and, by...
axis
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...eventual larger grouping of nations: the Anglo-American axis. ∎  ( the Axis ) the alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during...extended to include Japan and other countries: [as adj. ] the Axis Powers.
Allied Powers
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Powers.” See also Central Powers . 2. (in World War II ) the countries opposed to the Axis Powers ; the major Allied Powers were Great...Nations on January 1, 1942. See also Axis Powers .)
Lend-Lease
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...assistance to nations fighting the Axis powers in World War II. After the fall...riel for the fight against the Axis powers while avoiding the kind of recriminations...do the actual fighting against the Axis while the United States improved...
World War II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013;45) A war fought between the AXIS POWERS and the Allies, including Britain...joined Hitler in a Berlin-Rome axis, and in 1937 Italy pledged support...Bulgaria and Slovakia now joined the Axis Powers, and Greece and Yugoslavia were...
Cold War
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...1939 shocked and angered the Western powers. These feelings of mistrust did...three and a half years, the Western powers and the Soviet Union put aside most...Americans, and other allies battled the Axis powers in North Africa, Italy, and eventually...
United Nations
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...would make a separate peace with the Axis Powers. The actual Charter of the United...after 1945 between the victorious powers in World War II. At the same time...or concerted action) of the Great Powers. The notion that the Great Powers...
War and the Constitution
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...government with wartime emergency powers. Presidents and Congresses supplemented...1846, Germany in 1917, and the Axis powers in 1941. In addition, in 1898 it...constitutional legislation. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 permits the president...
unconditional surrender
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...an unconditional surrender policy with respect to the Axis powers, that is, the Allies would fight on until such time as the Axis powers surrendered unconditionally. In fact, Italy was allowed...
Unconditional Surrender
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...War II. In that conflict, the Allies' demand that the Axis powers surrender unconditionally, first announced by President...that the demand for unconditional surrender bolstered the Axis nations' will to fight and eliminated the possibility...

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Greek resistance 1941-45: organization, achievements and contributions to Allied war efforts against the Axis powers.
Magazine article from: International Journal of Comparative Sociology; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...her heroic resistance against the Axis powers(1) during World War II, particularly...all the countries occupied by the Axis powers, Greece was by far the most spirited...Allied war efforts against the Axis powers and (d) the aftermath of its...
Germany and the Axis Powers.(Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 3/1/2006; ; 512 words ; Germany And The Axis Powers Richard L. DiNaro University Press...kansaspress.com Germany And The Axis Powers: From Coalition To Collapse by Richard...and North Africa, Germany And The Axis Powers unveils an entirely different history...
Bombing the European Axis Powers: A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive, 1939-1945
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Bombing the European Axis Powers: A Historical Digest of the Combined...pdf. In Bombing the European Axis Powers: A Historical Digest of the Combined...Throughout Bombing the European Axis Powers, Davis cites information available...
Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Infantry Magazine; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse. By Richard...outstanding book, Germany and the Axis Powers. It would be easy for DiNardo (a...no doubt readers of Germany and the Axis Powers will find that DiNardo has uncovered...
Letter: Mailbag - Axis powers were poor allies.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Newspaper article from: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 6/3/2008; 636 words ; ...to sue for peace. In reality the axis powers were very poor allies to each other...As for Italy's part within that axis, they were more a hindrance than...been squandered, defeat for the axis powers was always going to be a certainty...
3 ex-Axis powers to serve together on Security Council
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/17/1986; 383 words ; ...Nations history, the three former Axis powers defeated in World War II, Germany...and Argentina. The three former Axis powers will sit, as of Jan. 1, in the...Individually, all three former Axis powers have served previously on the council...
Ex-Axis Powers Recast Foreign Military Roles
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/30/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Africa. With these and other missions, the two major powers that went down in defeat in World War II are accelerating...close security ties with the United States, the former Axis powers were not to be fully trusted. But Germany, in the decade...
Allies in War: Britain and America against the Axis Powers, 1940-1945.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Allies in War: Britain and America Against the Axis Powers, 1940-1945. By Mark A. Stoler. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005. 352 pages. $39.95. Wartime coalitions and alliances are...
Mapping victory: as the Second World War raged, Allied leaders gathered twice in Quebec City to plot the Axis Powers, defeat.
Magazine article from: The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...City was the fifth in a series of "summit" conferences held in North America to plan the war against Hitler and the Axis powers. The Quebec summit came at a time of cautious optimism for the Allies. In the summer of 1942, the Japanese had suffered...
GREEK RESISTANCE 1941-45: ORGANIZATION, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALLIED WAR EFFORTS AGAINST THE AXIS POWERS.(Abstract)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Comparative Sociology; 11/1/2000; ; 521 words ; ...an important military role in the Allied struggle against the Axis. During their three and a half years of political and military...solidarity and patriotism, and the motivation to resist the brutal Axis occupation. Although its contributions as a military force has...