Axis alliance

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The Axis alliance was the World War II coalition led primarily by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan that opposed the Allied powers.

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Axis alliance canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II alliance
military alliance
alsoKnownAs Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers

Rome–Berlin Axis
surface form: Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis
conflict World War II
countryMember Bulgaria
Croatia
Fascist Italy
Finland
Hungary
Imperial Japan
Nazi Germany
Romania
Slovakia
Thailand
endCause defeat in World War II
endEvent surrender of Germany
surrender of Italy
surrender of Japan
formationDate 27 September 1940
formationPlace Berlin
goal defeat of the Allied powers
revision of the post–World War I international order
territorial expansion
historicalPeriod 1930s
1940s
ideology Nazism
fascism
militarism
ultranationalism
leaderState Fascist Italy
Imperial Japan
Nazi Germany
mainOpponent China
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
notableLeader Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
opposed Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied powers
startEvent Tripartite Pact
theatreOfOperations Eastern Front
European theatre of World War II
North African campaign
Pacific War
treaty Anti-Comintern Pact
Pact of Steel
Tripartite Pact

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Luftflotte 2 militaryAlliance Axis alliance
Operation Margarethe context Axis alliance
Conducător associatedWithEvent Axis alliance