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Whilst Finland's relationship with Nazi Germany during the Continuation War remains controversial within Finland, [134] in a 2008 Helsingin Sanomat survey of 28 Finnish historians, 16 agreed that Finland had been an ally of Nazi Germany, with only 6 disagreeing. [135]
The Yenisei River basin in Siberia. As the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan cemented their military alliance by mutually declaring war against the United States on December 11, 1941, the Japanese proposed a clear territorial arrangement with the two main European Axis powers concerning the Asian continent. [1]
Although Japan was a member of the Axis, and therefore an ally of Nazi Germany, it did not actively participate in the Holocaust. [a] Anti-semitic attitudes were insignificant in Japan during World War II and there was little interest in the Jewish question, which was seen as a European issue. [6]
In the lead-up to the war between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, relations between the two states underwent several stages. General Secretary Joseph Stalin and the government of the Soviet Union had supported so-called popular front movements of anti-fascists including communists and non-communists from 1935 to 1939. [39]
Nazi Germany had no intention of occupying Turkey, even though its neighbours to the west were all occupied by the Axis (including Greece, while Bulgaria was allied with Germany). Franz von Papen , the German foreign minister, visited Ankara with hopes of persuading Turkey to join the Axis powers.
At its height, Germany accounted for 17% of China's foreign trade and China was the largest trade partner for German businesses in Asia. [19] [20] Stahlhelm-wearing Chinese soldiers firing a Pak 36 anti-tank gun. Germany sent military advisers such as Alexander von Falkenhausen to China to help the KMT government reform its armed forces. [11]
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Germany's foreign policy during the war involved the creation of friendly governments under direct or indirect control from Berlin. A main goal was obtaining soldiers from the senior allies, such as Italy and Hungary, and millions of workers and ample food supplies from subservient allies such as Vichy France. [9]