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Axis Powers

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | | Copyright

Axis Powers A term used from October 1936 to describe cooperation between the Fascist regimes of Italy and Germany, and the creation of a Berlin–Rome Axis ‘round which all European states can also assemble’. Japan joined a month later, on signing the Anti-Comintern Pact. A full military and political alliance between Italy and Germany (the ‘Pact of Steel’) followed in 1939, and this became a Tripartite Pact in 1940. After Italy's entry into World War II in 1940, the term was applied to those countries that joined the Tripartite Pact and supported Germany in the war. Hungary, Romania, and the puppet state of Slovakia joined the Pact in November 1940, while Bulgaria joined in March 1941. Yugoslavia's entry on 25 March 1941 did not prevent its invasion by Italian and German troops on 6 April 1941, though membership was continued by the ‘Independent State of Croatia’.

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Axis Powers

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Copyright

Axis Powers An alliance of fascist states fighting with Germany during WORLD WAR II. The term was used in an agreement (October 1936) between Hitler and Mussolini proclaiming the creation of a Rome-Berlin ‘axis round which all European states can also assemble’. Japan joined the coalition on signing the ANTI-COMINTERN PACT (November 1936). A full military and political alliance between Germany and Italy (the Pact of Steel) followed in 1939. The Tripartite Pact between the three powers in 1940 cemented the alliance, and, by subsequently joining it, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as the Nazi-created states of Slovakia and Croatia, became members.

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Axis Powers

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

Axis Powers. A treaty signed in 1936 between Germany and Italy formed what was known as the Rome–Berlin Axis, hence the name. This was reinforced in May 1939 with the Pact of Steel. Japan became associated with Germany and Italy when it signed the Anti-Comintern pact in November 1936, and allied itself to them with the Tripartite Pact signed in September 1940. Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary were the other principal Axis powers.See also Axis strategy and co-operation.

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Wiskemann, E. , The Rome–Berlin Axis (London, 1949).

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Axis Powers

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Axis Powers Term applied to Germany and Italy after they signed the Rome-Berlin Axis in October 1936. It included Japan after it joined them in the Tripartite Pact (September 1940). Other states that joined the Axis were Hungary and Romania (1940) and Bulgaria (1941).

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Axis Powers

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Axis Powers name given to the alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary before and during World War II. The name is taken from the 1936 treaty between Germany and Italy which formed the so-called “Rome-Berlin Axis.”

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