USA HISTORY

Which nations came to be known as the Axis powers after they signed a mutual defense treaty in 1940?

(A) Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union

(B) ** Germany, Japan, and Italy

(C) Germany, Italy, and Austria

(D) Germany, Japan, and Spain

Concept note-1: -On September 27, 1940, the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.

Concept note-2: -On September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact. This pact formalized the alliance between the three countries, which subsequently were referred to as the Axis powers.

Concept note-3: -Axis powers, coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II.

Concept note-4: -The Axis Powers were the coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

Concept note-5: -The Allies, or the Entente powers, were an international military coalition of countries led by the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria during the First World War (1914–1918).