Pact of Steel
agreement signed between Germany and Italy in 1939
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The Pact of Steel was a military alliance signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in 1939 that committed the two nations to support each other in war. The agreement is historically significant because it formalized the partnership between Europe's two major fascist powers and demonstrated their growing cooperation in the lead-up to World War II.
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The Pact of Steel (German: Stahlpakt, Italian: Patto d'Acciaio), formally known as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy (German: Freundschafts- und Bündnispakt zwischen Deutschland und Italien, Italian: Patto di amicizia e di alleanza fra l'Italia e la Germania), was a military and political alliance between Germany and Italy, signed in 1939.
The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan, Italy and Germany. While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany wanted the focus of it to be aimed at the British Empire and France. Due to that disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan and, as a result, it became an agreement which only existed between Italy and Germany, signed on 22 May 1939 by foreign ministers Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany and Galeazzo Ciano of Italy.
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1939 in Germany1939 in Italy20th-century military alliancesAxis powersGermany–Italy relationsMay 1939 in EuropeMilitary alliances involving ItalyMilitary alliances involving Nazi GermanyTreaties concluded in 1939Treaties entered into force in 1939Treaties of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)World War II treaties