Axis Powers

Also known as Rome–Berlin Axis, Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, the Axis, AOOO

major alliance of World War II

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The Axis Powers were the main alliance of countries that fought against the Allied forces during World War II, led primarily by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. This alliance matters because understanding it is central to understanding one of history's most significant and destructive global conflicts.

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Why We Call the Axis Powers the Axis Powers

On this day in 1936, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be used by both sides in WWII

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inception: 1940-01-01
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1945-01-01
described at URL: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-we-call-axis-powers-axis-powers-180960980
Commons category: Axis powers
native label: 枢軸国

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Flags of Germany, Japan, and Italy draping the facade of the Embassy of Japan on the Tiergartenstraße in Berlin (September 1940) Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler (right) beside Italy's Duce Benito Mussolini (left) Japan's Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (center) with fellow government representatives of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. To the left of Tojo, from left to right: Ba Maw from Burma, Zhang Jinghui, Wang Jingwei from China. To the right of Tojo, from left to right, Wan Waithayakon from Thailand, José P. Laurel from the Philippines, and Subhas Chandra Bose from India. The signing of the Tripartite Pact by Germany, Japan, and Italy on 27 September 1940 in Berlin. Seated from left to right are the Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano, and Adolf Hitler.

The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their similar far-right positions and general opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion.