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The Axis powers, [nb 1] originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis [1] and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general ...
The Axis powers of World War II was established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strongly militarist and nationalist ideology; with a policy of anti-communism. During the early phase of the war, puppet governments were established in their occupied nations. When the war ended, many of them faced trials for war crimes.
Grant is a 2020 American television miniseries directed by Malcolm Venville. Based on Ron Chernow's bestselling 2017 non-fiction book, the three-part series chronicles the life of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States. It premiered on May 25, 2020 on the History channel. [1] [2] [3]
German–Soviet Axis talks (considered plans to join the Soviet Union to the Axis powers and its New World Order) First Offer from Axis to the Soviets in Partitioning the world (Soviet Baltic states, Eastern Poland, Moldovian SSR, Eastern Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, British India and Mongolia in Soviet Sphere of Influence.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
Prelude to War is the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight film series commissioned by the Office of War Information (OWI) and George C. Marshall.It was made to educate American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis powers during World War II based on the idea that those in the service would fight more willingly and ably if they knew the background and the reason for their ...
The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War. Although named operations, the ...
All forces in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, the Danzig beachhead, the Hel Peninsula, and in the Vistula Delta c. 100,000 [2] Dietrich von Saucken: May 9 May 9, at 11:00 AM Germany All forces in Dunkirk: 20,000 Friedrich Frisius: May 9, at 9:20 AM May 9, at 4:00 PM Germany All forces in Bornholm: c. 12,000 Gerhard von Kamptz: May 9 May 9, at 4:30 PM ...