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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

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