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Axis Powers at War

The Axis powers were the coalition of nations primarily Nazi Germany, Italy, and Imperial Japan that fought against the Allied powers during World War II. Formalized by the 1940 Tripartite Pact, this military alliance sought to expand their influence and overturn the post WWI international order through aggressive territorial expansion and fascist ideology.

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World War II (map above key, translated)

-German Reich, Allied and occupied territories (dark blue)

-Currently German-occupied or allied (light blue)

-Soviet Union (dark green)

-Currently Soviet-occupied (light green)

-Allies (dark red)

-Currently occupied or allied (light red)

-Neutral states with territorial changes (gray)

-Currently occupied or ceded (white)

(the map changes by month every few seconds. It starts on August 1939)