Pact of Steel

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The Pact of Steel was a 1939 military and political alliance between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany that formalized their partnership on the eve of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
military alliance
political alliance
alsoKnownAs Pact of Steel
surface form: Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy

Pact of Steel
surface form: Patto d’Acciaio

Pact of Steel
surface form: Stahlpakt
cameIntoForce 1939-05-22
category 1939 in international relations
Treaties of Nazi Germany
Treaties of the Kingdom of Italy
containsProvision consultation on foreign policy
coordination of propaganda
mutual military support in case of war
countryInvolved Germany
Italy
diplomaticStatus offensive alliance
geopoliticalBloc Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
hasConsequence increased tensions with Allied powers
tightened military cooperation between Italy and Germany
historicalPeriod World War II
interwar period
ideologyContext Nazism
fascism
influencedBy Anti-Comintern Pact
inForceDuring early years of World War II
language German
Italian
party Fascist Italy
Third Reich
predecessor Rome–Berlin Axis
purpose to coordinate military and foreign policy between Italy and Germany
to formalize the alliance between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
region Europe
relatedAgreement Tripartite Pact
relatedEvent Axis Powers formation
World War II
resultedIn strengthening of the Rome–Berlin Axis
signatory Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
signedBy Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
signedIn Berlin
signedUnderLeader Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
signingDate 1939-05-22
underminedBy Italy’s military setbacks in World War II

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Rome–Berlin Axis followedBy Pact of Steel
Rome–Berlin Axis strengthenedBy Pact of Steel
Italy’s entry into World War II precededBy Pact of Steel
this entity surface form: Pact of Steel between Italy and Germany
Italy’s entry into World War II relatedTreaty Pact of Steel
this entity surface form: Pact of Steel (1939)
Pact of Steel alsoKnownAs Pact of Steel
this entity surface form: Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy
Pact of Steel alsoKnownAs Pact of Steel
this entity surface form: Stahlpakt
Pact of Steel alsoKnownAs Pact of Steel
this entity surface form: Patto d’Acciaio
Asse Roma–Berlino hasKeyEvent Pact of Steel
Axis alliance treaty Pact of Steel