axispowers

The Axis Powers were a group of countries in World War II known as Germany, Italy, and Japan. Germany and Italy signed an alliance for the two countries in 1936. They were called the Axis Powers because the territory they owned was so large it seemed like the other countries were rotating around them like an axis.



Information provided by: America: Pathways to the Present (pg. 573) Picture provided by: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Maximum_Axis_Powers_Control.png