D) Czechoslovakia. << Tripartite Pact Hungary joined the Axis alliance on November 20, 1940. Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact on November 6, 1937. Over the next six months, over 3.8 million German, Romanian, Finlandian, Italian, Hungarian, and Slovakian soldiers would be sent to battle, officially opening the Eastern Front in World War II. endobj awarded parts of Transylvania back to Hungary, had taken Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, Yugoslav accession to the Tripartite Pact, Military history of Finland during World War II, German declaration of war against the United States, "Martyrs and Scapegoats of the Nation? endobj >> The representatives set up a propaganda commission and then adjourned indefinitely. endobj /Annots [267 0 R 268 0 R 269 0 R 270 0 R 271 0 R 272 0 R 273 0 R] >> In the late 1930s, each of the three powers that would form the Axis alliance launched campaigns of territorial expansion that alienated most of the worlds other major powers. 50 0 obj << /Prev 130 0 R C) the Netherlands. /CropBox [0 0 493.228 700.157] << 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R] In the summer of 1942, the German-speaking Finnish instructors taught a course on forest warfare. /CropBox [0 0 493.228 700.157] >> In other words, this was, on paper, a defensive alliance designed to check American power. /D [23 0 R /FitR 35 80 448 53] They were ignored. << endobj << 77 0 obj /Contents [309 0 R 310 0 R 311 0 R] 121 0 obj >> << Following his resignation, Emperor Hirohito turned to General Nobuyuki Abe to replace him. endobj >> [21] During the visit to Berlin, Molotov agreed in principle to the Soviet Union joining the pact if some details, such as Soviet annexation of Finland, could be worked out. 117 0 obj 118 0 obj /Dests 8 0 R B) sought to protect America's international trade agreements. At 07:00, Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram (Phibun) held an emergency cabinet meeting in Bangkok, and soon, a ceasefire was ordered. >> >> Thestarvation oftheSoviet troopsresulted intheirdefeat and allowed German forces tocapture important oilfields. endobj The tripartite pact built on existing treaties, including the military alliance between Italy and Germany, formalized in the 1939 Pact of Steel, and the German /D [29 0 R /FitR 35 210 448 183] /Kids [27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R] /D [26 0 R /FitR 46 200 460 173] Signed at Berlin, September 27, 1940 /D [31 0 R /FitR 35 70 448 43] Weinberg, Gerhard. endobj Following the Treaty of Trianon, the Kingdom of Hungary was reduced greatly in size and this caused much resentment. endobj Based on a speech given by Mussolini a week later, the alliance became known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. >> Greeces success in repulsing Italian forces allowed its ally, Great Britain, to establish a foothold on the European continent. >> /D [26 0 R /FitR 46 60 460 33] /MediaBox [0 0 493.228 700.157] 22) In July 1940, opinion polls showed the clear majority of the American public [16], On 25 March 1941 in Vienna, Dragia Cvetkovi, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, signed the Tripartite Pact. /Type /Pages 15 0 obj They also did not want to antagonize Yugoslavia, which was nominally an ally of Greece. /D [27 0 R /FitR 35 160 448 133]