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
Controversial cases
- Soviet Union Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in August 1939. Attacked Poland in concert with Germany at start of war.
- Denmark Signed treaty of mutual non-aggression.
- Spain Neutral, but gave non-military assistance.
- Vichy France Agreed not to resist after Northern France was conquered. Allowed (forced?) to allow Japan to occupy French Indochina.
Several new or rebel governments that were created by the Axis during the war are:
Images for kids
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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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Gustav Stresemann, Reich Chancellor of the German People, 1923, foreign minister of Germany, 1923–1929
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Gyula Gömbös, Prime Minister of Hungary, 1932–1936
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Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, 1932–1934
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German vehicles advancing during the Second Battle of El Alamein in the North African campaign
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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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IJA paratroopers are landing during the Battle of Palembang, February 13, 1942.
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Manuel Roxas (left) and Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Nobuhiko Jimbo (right), 10 March 1943
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An RAF officer investigates wrecked Iraqi artillery near Habbaniya.
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Phot Phahonyothin (far left) with Hideki Tōjō (center) in Tokyo 1942
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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.
