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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini announce the founding of the Axis

The Axis alliance was created over period of time between 1936 and 1940. In Europe, ties gradually developed between Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, this despite Mussolini's initial opposition to Hitler's stated goals of German hegemony in Europe. Other countries in and around Eastern Europe either joined or were pulled into the orbit of Germany and Italy. These countries often had adopted governments on the fascist or Nazi model. By 1939, Germany and Italy entered into the Pact of Steel. Shortly after, Germany triggered a world war in Europe by invading Poland. The following year, much of Western Europe, including France, fell to German and Italian invasions.

In the meantime, Japan had been pursuing hegemonic goals in Asia, including full-scale war in China and Korea. With an increased concern that the United States might intervene in either theater, Germany, Italy, and Japan formally became the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940. Read more

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An excellent example is Franklin D. Roosevelt as he appears in Southern Victory. When he is first introduced, FDR is a member of a Democratic administration. However, for the remainder of the series, FDR is described as a lifelong Socialist. Turtledove never directly addresses this inconsistency, and so speculation is necessary for the article to work.

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