Axis powers

The Axis powers (German: Achsenmächte, Japanese: 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku, Italian: Potenze dell'Asse), also known as the Axis, were the nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity.

The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Mussolini declared on 1 November that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome-Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The "Rome–Berlin Axis" became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies.

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Viktor Orbán “Polarizes” ahead of Presidential Elections in Romania

Hungary Today 28 Mar 2025
Friend and foe agree that he “polarizes” like no other, that is considered a mortal sin in view of the crowding in the political “middle.” However, the often criticized ...
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Iran, resistance allies hold massive joint naval parade in support of Gaza

Middle East Monitor 27 Mar 2025
Iran and its allies in the Axis of Resistance — including forces from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen — launched a coordinated naval parade on ...
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Iran Attempts to Reassert Influence in Post-Assad Syria—Focus Shifts to Daraa

The Syrian Observer 27 Mar 2025
... in an attempt to rebuild loyalty networks aligned with the so-called “Resistance Axis.” These groups are being marketed as a defensive force aimed at countering Israeli operations in southern Syria.
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Letters to the editor for Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Naples Daily News 26 Mar 2025
People did not want the leftist/progressive vision that Obama, Biden, and Harris forced on our culture ... This includes the Code Talkers, members of 34 different tribes of Indigenous Americans who used codes to help armed forces during both World Wars.
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Grit & Valor: 1949

Gamespot 25 Mar 2025
Lead your brave squad of resistance Mech Pilots against the Evil Axis forces and turn the tide of World War II in this alternate history ...
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Ukraine's Forces Destroy Russian Tank, E-Warfare System In Donetsk Region

MENA FN 24 Mar 2025
(MENAFN - UkrinForm) In the Donetsk operational axis, Ukraine's defense forces destroyed a tank and an R-330 Zhitel electronic warfare system. The Khortytsia grouping of troops reported this on ... .
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Billion-dollar budget: Iran's plan for Iraq

Israel Hayom 23 Mar 2025
Since its establishment in 2014, al-Hashd al-Shaabi has repeatedly attacked American forces and collaborators with the American axis, coupled with the fact that it is an Iranian proxy, controlled by the Revolutionary Guards.
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Trump leads the reversal of traditional military logic

Israel Hayom 23 Mar 2025
... of political settlements, birthed through sabre-rattling or the use of direct or indirect military force against the emissaries of the axis of evil, will achieve its primary goal vis-à-vis Iran.
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Letters to the editor for Sunday, March 23, 2025

Naples Daily News 23 Mar 2025
My husband’s mother and brother made that impossible decision during WWII and left their beautiful Adriatic Island to escape the atrocities committed by the Axis forces to live in a refugee camp in Egypt for two years before emigrating to the U.S.
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New Report: Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah Plotted for Years to Destroy Israel on October 7

The American Spectator 22 Mar 2025
The “first scenario” would include Hamas in Gaza joining with Hezbollah, and with “reasonable participation” of the “axis forces” within Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, “guerilla operations” coming from ...
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Israel's Katz threatens to annex parts of Gaza amid attacks

The New Arab 22 Mar 2025
Israeli forces said on Friday that they had ... The ministry said Israeli forces had used the hospital as "a base for its forces throughout the period of its occupation of the so-called Netzarim axis".
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Hamas receives Egyptian-Qatari proposal for re-establishing Gaza truce

Naharnet 22 Mar 2025
Israeli forces said Friday that they had killed ... The ministry said Israeli forces had used the hospital as "a base for its forces throughout the period of its occupation of the so-called Netzarim axis".
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Israel threatens to annex parts of Gaza unless hostages released

NewstalkZB 22 Mar 2025
Israeli forces on Friday said they had ... The ministry said Israeli forces had used the hospital as “a base for its forces throughout the period of its occupation of the so-called Netzarim axis”. .
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Israel defence minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza

RTE 22 Mar 2025
Israeli forces said that they had killed the ... The ministry said Israeli forces had used the hospital as "a base for its forces throughout the period of its occupation of the so-called Netzarim axis".
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Israel's defence minister threatens to annex parts of Gaza

RTE 22 Mar 2025
Israeli forces said that they had killed the ... The ministry said Israeli forces had used the hospital as "a base for its forces throughout the period of its occupation of the so-called Netzarim axis".
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