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Anti-Comintern pact
Anti-Comintern pact, an agreement between Germany and Japan, signed in November 1936, to exchange information on the activities of Soviet-backed international communist parties (see Comintern). Hitler wanted a stronger anti-Soviet commitment from Japan, which was traditionally opposed to Russian expansion in Asia. But Japan had no desire to be drawn into a European war and was only encouraged to sign after the USSR had made a treaty of mutual assistance with Outer Mongolia the previous April which Japan saw as threatening its interests. A secret protocol pledged the signatories to neutrality if one of them was at war with the USSR, but the pact was not a military alliance and the protocol did not apply to Italy when it joined in November 1937—by which time the pact appeared more anti-British than anti-Soviet. Two years later Hungary, Manchukuo, and Spain joined, and in November 1941 Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Romania, Wang Ching-wei's government in Nanking (see China, 3(b)), and Slovakia also signed. See also diplomacy.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Anti-Comintern pact." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Anti-Comintern pact." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-AntiCominternpact.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Anti-Comintern pact." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-AntiCominternpact.html |
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Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-Comintern Pact (25 Nov. 1936) A treaty between Germany and Japan (joined by Italy the following year) in which they declared their common hostility to Communism. It formed the basis of the coalition formed by the Tripartite Pact on 2 September 1940, in which the three countries joined forces in their fight against the Allies in World War II.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-AntiCominternPact.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-AntiCominternPact.html |
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"Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-AntiCominternPact.html "Anti-Comintern Pact." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-AntiCominternPact.html |
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"Anti-Comintern Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Anti-Comintern Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-AntiComi.html "Anti-Comintern Pact." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-AntiComi.html |
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