AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Allies
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Axis Powers
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Nazis
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Central Powers
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though Mussolini gets credit for popularizing the term in the context of the second world war, Janda and Mula say he actually cribbed it from the fascist premier of Hungary, Gyula Gombos, who wanted an “axis” of European power led by Germany that included Italy and Hungary as primary partners.
Detailed explanation-3: -Axis Powers, Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II. The alliance originated in a series of agreements between Germany and Italy, followed in 1936 by the Rome-Berlin Axis declaration and the German-Japanese Anti-Comintern Pact.