WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Reparations payments from Austria-Hungary
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New territory
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Increased power in the League of Nations
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An alliance between the remaining democracies of Europe
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the end of the war, Japan secured its position as a great power and retained its conquests of German territory in China and the Pacific Islands. Following negotiations with the other victors, the Treaty of Versailles legally transferred to Japan Germany’s rights and privileges to Shantung peninsula.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the final Treaty of Versailles, signed in June, Italy received a permanent seat on the League of Nations, the Tyrol and a share of the German reparations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Japan joined the Entente in 1914 and, despite proclaiming its neutrality at the beginning of the war, Italy also joined the Entente in 1915.