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Axis, coalition of countries headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, 1936–45 (see World War II World War II, 1939–45, worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis .

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..... Click the link for more information. ). The expression "Rome-Berlin axis" originated in Oct., 1936, with an accord reached by Hitler Hitler, Adolf (ä`dôlf hĭt`lər)
..... Click the link for more information. and Mussolini Mussolini, Benito (bānē`tō m
..... Click the link for more information. . The Axis was solidified by an Italo-German alliance in May, 1939. This was extended (Sept., 1940) by a military alliance among Germany, Italy, and Japan—the so-called Berlin Pact, to which Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia adhered later. The related Anti-Comintern Pact (see Comintern Comintern (kəmĭntārn`) [acronym for Communist International], name given to the Third International , founded at Moscow in 1919.
..... Click the link for more information. ), originally concluded between Germany and Japan in 1936, later had as adherents, besides the Berlin Pact nations, Spain, Denmark, Finland, and the puppet governments of Manchukuo and Nanjing.

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in World War II, the affiance of Germany, Italy, Japan, etc., opposing the Allies. [Eur. Hist.: Collier’s, VIII, 457]

See : Cooperation

The screw consists of an axis of hollow brass tube, eighteen inches in length, through which, upon a semi-spiral inclined at fifteen degrees, pass a series of steel wire radii, two feet long, and thus projecting a foot on either side.

The Balloon Hoax by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

This center, formed of indefinite molecules, began to revolve around its own axis during its gradual condensation; then, following the immutable laws of mechanics, in proportion as its bulk diminished by condensation, its rotary motion became accelerated, and these two effects continuing, the result was the formation of one principal star, the center of the nebulous mass.

From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

The earth's great axis spinning on, The never-resting pole of sky -- Let us resolve their Whence and Why, And blend with all things into One; Beyond the bounds of thought and dream, Circling the vasty void as spheres Whose orbits round a thousand years: Behold the Key that fits my theme.

A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context

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