Anti‐Comintern Pact (25 November 1936) Quick reference
A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
...‐Comintern Pact ( 25 November 1936 ) An agreement between Germany and Japan ostensibly to collaborate against international communism (the Comintern ). Italy signed the pact (1937), followed by other nations in 1941...
Anti-Comintern Pact (25 Nov. 1936) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...Anti-Comintern Pact ( 25 Nov. 1936 ) A treaty between Germany and Japan (joined by Italy the following year) in which they declared their common hostility to Communism. It formed the basis of the coalition formed by the Tripartite Pact on 2 September 1940 , in which the three countries joined forces in their fight against the Allies in World War II. See Axis...
Anti-Comintern pact Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
...-Comintern pact , an agreement between Germany and Japan, signed in November 1936 , to exchange information on the activities of Soviet-backed international communist parties ( see Comintern ). Hitler wanted a stronger anti-Soviet commitment from Japan, which was traditionally opposed to Russian expansion in Asia. But Japan had no desire to be drawn into a European war and was only encouraged to sign after the USSR had made a treaty of mutual assistance with Outer Mongolia the previous April which Japan saw as threatening its interests. A secret protocol...
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Axis Powers Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
...Powers . A treaty signed in 1936 between Germany and Italy formed what was known as the Rome–Berlin Axis, hence the name. This was reinforced in May 1939 with the Pact of Steel . Japan became associated with Germany and Italy when it signed the Anti-Comintern pact in November 1936 , and allied itself to them with the Tripartite Pact signed in September 1940 . Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary were the other principal Axis powers. See also Axis strategy and co-operation . Wiskemann, E. , The Rome–Berlin Axis (London,...
Axis Powers Quick reference
A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
...in an agreement (October 1936) between Hitler and Mussolini proclaiming the creation of a Rome–Berlin ‘axis round which all European states can also assemble’. Japan joined the coalition on signing the Anti‐Comintern Pact (November 1936). A full military and political alliance between Germany and Italy (the Pact of Steel) followed in 1939 . The Tripartite Pact between the three powers in 1940 cemented the alliance, and, by subsequently joining it, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, as well as the Nazi‐created states of Slovakia and Croatia, became...
Axis Powers Quick reference
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...all European states can also assemble’. Japan joined a month later, on signing the Anti-Comintern Pact . A full military and political alliance between Italy and Germany (the ‘Pact of Steel’) followed in 1939 , and this became a Tripartite Pact in 1940 . After Italy's entry into World War II in 1940 , the term was applied to those countries that joined the Tripartite Pact and supported Germany in the war. Hungary, Romania, and the puppet state of Slovakia joined the Pact in November 1940 , while Bulgaria joined in March 1941 . Yugoslavia's entry on 25...
Ōshima Hiroshi, Lt-General Baron (1886–1975) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
...Hiroshi, Lt-General Baron ( 1886–1975 ), Japanese army officer turned diplomat who helped negotiate the Anti-Comintern and Tripartite Pacts . As a lt-general he served as ambassador to Berlin in 1938–9 and 1941–5 . It was his diplomatic MAGIC messages that were so helpful to the Allies during the war. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Far East war crimes trials but was given parole in 1955...
Comintern Reference library
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The Oxford Companion to World War II
...those of France, the UK, and Germany, maintained their anti-fascist policy. Soon, however, they were forced to adopt a new approach when the non-aggression pact resulted in co-operation between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The Comintern, for so long subjected to the interests of Soviet policy, followed suit. While in the first weeks of war communists argued that both belligerent camps pursued imperialist aims and that there was nothing to chose between them, by early October 1939 the Comintern was echoing Molotov 's and Ribbentrop 's call for a...
