Axis countries facts for kids
Axis countries and Axis Powers are the names for some countries that fought together against the Allies during World War II. The war ended in 1945 with the Axis powers losing and their alliances broken.
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Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers
The most important Axis countries formed an alliance called the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers (1922 to 1945). They included:
- Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler
- Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini
- Empire of Japan under Emperor Hirohito.
All three countries had authoritarian governments.
Other countries
Subsequent signatories of the Tripartite Pact
In addition to the main three countries, the less important Axis countries were:
Other countries that helped the Axis without being a part of them were:
Co-belligerent states
- Finland fought against the Soviet Union and participated in the Siege of Leningrad.
- Iraq
- Thailand
Client states
- Slovakia
- Philippines (Second Republic)
- Vietnam (Empire of Vietnam)
- Manchukuo (Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia)
- Reorganized National Government of China
- Independent State of Croatia
- Province of Ljubljana
Images for kids
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Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler (right) beside Italy's Duce Benito Mussolini (left)
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Japan's Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (center) with fellow government representatives of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. To the left of Tojo, from left to right: Ba Maw from Burma, Zhang Jinghui, Wang Jingwei from China. To the right of Tojo, from left to right, Wan Waithayakon from Thailand, José P. Laurel from the Philippines, and Subhas Chandra Bose from India
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The signing of the Tripartite Pact by Germany, Japan, and Italy on 27 September 1940 in Berlin. Seated from left to right are the Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano, and Adolf Hitler.
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Adolf Hitler, Führer and Reich Chancellor of the German People, 1933–1945
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Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, 1932–1934
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German Führer Adolf Hitler along with General Walther von Brauchitsch, during the victory parade in Warsaw after the defeat of Poland, October 1939
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German Heinkel He 111 bomber aircraft during the Battle of Britain
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German vehicles advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein in the North African campaign
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German soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Eastern Front campaign
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The Duce Benito Mussolini in an official portrait
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Italian soldiers in the North African Campaign in 1941
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IJN super-dreadnought battleships Yamashiro, Fusō, and battlecruiser Haruna, Tokyo Bay, 1930s
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IJN Special Naval Landing Forces armed with the Type 11 Light Machine Gun during the Battle of Shanghai
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Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft and other aircraft preparing for takeoff on the aircraft carrier Shōkaku on 7 December 1941, for the attack on Pearl Harbor
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IJA paratroopers are landing during the Battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
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IJN Yamato-class Battleships Yamato and Musashi moored in Truk Lagoon, in 1943
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Japanese Military Attaché, Makoto Onodera, visiting Fjell Fortress in Norway, 1943. Behind him is Lieutenant Colonel Eberhard Freiherr von Zedlitz und Neukrich (C-in-C Luftwaffe Feldregiment 502.), and to the right is Fregattenkapitän doktor Robert Morath (Seekommandant in Bergen). Behind Onoderas hand (raised in salute) is General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (C-in-C German military forces in Norway).
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Adolf Hitler meeting with NDH leader Ante Pavelić
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Ion Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941)
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Mannerheim with Hitler
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Front row in order from left to right: Karl Wolff, Heinrich Himmler, Francisco Franco and Spain's Foreign Minister Serrano Súñer in Madrid, October 1940
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Francisco Franco (centre) and Serrano Súñer (left) meeting with Mussolini (right) in Bordighera, Italy in 1941. At Bordighera, Franco and Mussolini discussed the creation of a Latin Bloc.
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Phraya Phahon (far left), Thawan Thamrong (left), and Direk Jayanama (right) with Hideki Tōjō (center) in Tokyo 1942
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Philippe Pétain (left) meeting with Hitler in October 1940
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An RAF officer investigates wrecked Iraqi artillery near Habbaniya.
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RSI (Repubblica Sociale Italiana) soldiers, March 1944
See also
In Spanish: Potencias del Eje en la Segunda Guerra Mundial para niños