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World War II: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin, officially forming a military alliance known as the Axis.
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1940 mutual defense treaty between the Axis Powers of World War II
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Axis powers
Major alliance of World War II
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