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The Axis powers, [nb 1] originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis [1] and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general opposition to ...
Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Empire of Japan), their allies and their colonies. Light blue diamonds represent countries either being conquered by the Axis Powers, becoming puppets of those ( Vichy France and several French colonies ).
The Axis Powers of World War II was established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strongly militarist and nationalist ideology; with a policy of anti-communism. During the early phase of the war, puppet governments were established in their occupied nations. When the war ended, many of them faced trials for war crimes.
Axis powers expansion over Europe before Invasion of Russia. Operation Weiß (German invasion of Poland. Carried out 1 September 1939) Operation Himmler (false flag operation to provide a casus belli for the invasion of Poland, including the Gleiwitz incident)
File:Ww2 allied axis.gif Western Allies (blue), Soviets and allies (red), Axis (black) during the Second World War. For Allies to show the different times that allied countries entered WW2, and the area of control of axis and allies.
Greece's recovery from the devastation of World War II and the Axis occupation lagged far behind that of the rest of Europe. [174] About 8% of the Greek population of c. 7 million had died during the conflicts and the occupation. Sanitation conditions were deplorable, and the health of those who had survived was imperilled by a resurgence of ...
Japanese version of the Tripartite Pact, 27 September 1940. The Governments of Japan, Germany, and Italy consider it as the condition precedent of any lasting peace that all nations in the world be given each its own proper place, have decided to stand by and co-operate with one another in their efforts in Greater East Asia and the regions of Europe respectively wherein it is their prime ...
Overrun Countries stamps. The Overrun Countries series was a series of thirteen commemorative postage stamps, each of five-cent denomination, issued by the United States over a fifteen-month period in 1943 and 1944 as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun, occupied, and/or annexed by the Axis Powers during or shortly before World War II.