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Axis leaders Adolf Hitler and Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini meet in Munich, Germany, 1940. [LCID: 80504]
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Axis alliance

The three principal partners of the Axis alliance during World War II were Germany, Italy, and Japan. In September 1940, the three countries formalized their alliance through the Tripartite Pact. Throughout the war, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia would also join. Explore more content surrounding the creation of the Axis alliance, its members, and its ultimate defeat. 

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Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis [LCID: dap0225s]
Film
Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis
Media Essay
Budapest - Photograph
Macedonian Jews leave the Tobacco Monopoly transit camp in Skopje for the deportation trains. [LCID: 79743]
Article
Bulgaria
Media Essay
Bulgaria: Maps
Lithuanian collaborators guard Jews before their execution. [LCID: 60254e]
Article
Collaboration
Media Essay
Collaboration (Abridged Article) - Historical Film Footage
Media Essay
Collaboration (Abridged Article) - Photograph
Adolf Hitler reviews his troops at Prague castle on the day of the occupation. [LCID: 80577]
Article
Czechoslovakia
Defeat of Nazi Germany, 1942-1945 [LCID: eur86820]
Map
Defeat of Nazi Germany, 1942-1945
Roundup of Jews. Paris, France, ca. 1942. [LCID: 32095]
Article
France
Adolf Hitler stands with his military high command at an inspection of German armed forces. [LCID: 05387]
Article
German Armed Forces High Command
Victory in Europe! [LCID: dfl0249e]
Timeline Event
German Surrender
German-Soviet Pact
Article
German-Soviet Pact
Media Essay
German-Soviet Pact - Photograph
German troops during the invasion of Yugoslavia, which began on April 6, 1941. [LCID: 89837]
Photo
German troops invade Yugoslavia
Madeline Deutsch [LCID: uumd0920]
Timeline Event
German Troops Occupy Hungary

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