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Axis Powers

Major alliance of World War II

Also known as Axis powers · Rome–Berlin Axis · Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis · the Axis · AOOO

Instance of: military alliance
Founded: 1940

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The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and later, the 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 leading powers of the Axis, as well as most other members, were united in the similar far-right positions and general opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion.

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Dissolved: 1945
Members / parts: Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Italy
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Slovak Republic
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Independent State of Croatia
Participated in conflict: World War II
Participant in: World War II
Different from: Central Powers
Significant event: November 20, 1940, Romania formally joined the Axis alliance (Germany, Italy, and Japan)(November 20, 1940)
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Native label: Achsenmächte
Potenze dell’Asse
枢軸国 name in kana: すうじくこく · revised hepburn romanization: Sūjikukoku · ipa transcription: sɨːʑikɯ̟̊ko̞kɯ̟

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