Axis pact binds Germany, Italy, Japan
September 27, 1940
In Berlin the three Axis powers signed a tripartite pact formalizing their alliance and dividing the world into spheres. Hitler got Europe, Mussolini the Mediterranean, Japan East Asia. The pact was aimed at warning America off. It instead helped push Washington into the anti-fascist camp. The lines of global war were hardening.
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