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'''Axis countries''' and '''Axis Powers''' was a military [[coalition]] of [[country|countries]] that fought together against the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] during [[World War II]]. [[Benito Mussolini]], Prime Minister of the [[Fascist Italy]], announced that an October 1936 agreement had created an Italo-German "axis" around which future European events would revolve. [[Nazi Germany]] made a separate agreement with the [[Empire of Japan]] at the same time.
The three major powers were joined by several minor countries. The war ended in 1945 with the Axis powers losing and their [[alliance]]s broken.

== Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers ==
The most important Axis countries organized the '''Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis Powers''' which they formalized with the [[Pact of Steel]] and [[Tripartite Pact]]. They included:
* {{Flag|Nazi Germany}}, under [[Adolf Hitler]]
* {{Flag|Empire of Japan}}, under [[Hirohito]]
* {{Flagdeco|Kingdom of Italy}} [[Fascist Italy]], under [[Benito Mussolini]]
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File:Greater German Reich (1942).svg|[[Nazi Germany]]
File:Italian empire 1940.png|[[Fascist Italy]] (before 1943)
File:Japanese Empire - 1942.svg|[[Empire of Japan]]
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All three countries had authoritarian [[government]]s, which were (and still are) often referred to as [[Fascism|fascist.]]
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== Other Axis countries ==
===Subsequent signatories of the [[Tripartite Pact]]===
In addition to the main three countries, the less important Axis countries were: 
* {{Flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|name=Kingodm of Hungary}}, under [[Miklós Horthy]]
* {{Flag|Kingdom of Bulgaria}}, under [[Boris III of Bulgaria|Tsar Boris III]] (until Boris III's death in 1943 and declaring war on Germany in 1944)
* {{Flag|Kingdom of Romania}}, under [[Ion Antonescu]] (until Ion Antonescu got overthrown and declaring war on Germany in 1944)
* {{Flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia|variant=state}}, Under [[Prince Paul of Yugoslavia]] (until Paul got overthrown and [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|the axis invaded]])

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File:Hungary map.png|Hungary
File:Romania1941.png|Romania
File:Map of Bulgaria during WWII.png|Bulgaria 
File:Yugoslavia (1939–41) location map.svg|Yugoslavia
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Other countries that helped the Axis without being a part of them were:

=== Co-belligerent states ===
* {{Flag|Finland}}
* {{Flag|Thailand}}
* {{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Iraq}} (1941)

=== Client states ===
* {{Flag|Slovak Republic|1939|name=Slovakia}}
* {{Flag|Vietnam|1945}} (Empire of Vietnam)
* {{Flag|Philippines|1942}} (Second Republic)
* {{Flagdeco|Independent State of Croatia}} [[Independent State of Croatia]]
* {{Flag|Italian Social Republic}} (1943–1945)
* {{Flag|Reorganized National Government of China|1943}}
* {{Flagdeco|Manchukuo}} [[Manchukuo]] ([[Manchuria]] and eastern [[Inner Mongolia]])
* {{Flagcountry|German occupation of Albania|name=Albania (1943-1944)}}
* {{Flagdeco|SER|variant=1941}} [[Government of National Salvation]]
* {{Flagcountry|Hellenic State (1941–1944)}}
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg}} [[Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945)|Kingdom of Kampuchea]]
* {{Flag|Mengjiang}}
* {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang (1707-1893).svg}} [[Kingdom of Luang Prabang (Japanese puppet state)|Kingdom of Luang Prabang]]

=== Colonies and dependencies ===

==== Italy ====

* {{Flagicon image|Flag of Montenegro (1905–1918, 1941–1944).svg}} [[Montenegro]]
* {{Flagcountry|Italian Albania|name=Albania (1939-1943)}}
* {{Flagcountry|Italian East Africa}}
* {{Flagcountry|Italian Libya}}

==== Japan ====

* {{Flagdeco|Japan|variant=1870}} [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan]]
* {{Flagdeco|Japan|variant=1870}} [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]]
* {{Flagdeco|Japan|variant=1870}} [[South Seas Mandate]]
* {{Flagdeco|Japan|variant=1870}} [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies]]

== Other websites ==
* [http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=84 WW2DB: Tripartite Pact]
* [http://ww2db.com/country.php WW2DB: Axis Countries]

[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Nazi Germany]]
[[Category:20th century in Japan]]
[[Category:20th century in Italy]]
[[Category:Military alliances]]