Axis powers of World War II | Wikipedia audio article

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_po... 00:01:54 1 Origins and creation 00:03:29 1.1 Initial proposals of a German–Italian alliance 00:08:43 1.2 Danube alliance, dispute over Austria 00:15:38 1.3 Development of German–Italian–Japanese alliance 00:18:52 2 Ideology 00:19:24 3 Economic resources 00:21:48 4 Founding members of the Axis 00:21:58 4.1 Germany 00:22:06 4.1.1 War justifications 00:37:12 4.1.2 History 00:42:34 4.1.3 Colonies and dependencies 00:47:52 4.2 Italy 00:48:00 4.2.1 War justifications 00:51:19 4.2.2 History 01:09:43 4.2.3 Colonies and dependencies 01:09:51 4.2.3.1 In Europe 01:13:13 4.2.3.2 In Africa and Asia 01:14:02 4.3 Japan 01:14:10 4.3.1 War justifications 01:16:26 4.3.2 History 01:21:09 4.3.3 Colonies and dependencies 01:22:11 5 Subsequent signatories of the Tripartite Pact 01:22:59 5.1 Bulgaria 01:26:17 5.2 Hungary 01:30:15 5.3 Romania 01:36:28 5.4 Yugoslavia (two day membership) 01:38:00 6 Co-belligerent state combatants 01:38:23 6.1 Finland 01:42:48 6.2 Free City of Danzig 01:43:24 6.3 Iraq 01:45:47 6.4 Thailand 01:49:20 7 Client states 01:49:29 7.1 German 01:50:45 7.1.1 Albania (under German control) 01:52:33 7.1.2 Serbia (Nedic Regime Puppet Government under German control) 01:55:28 7.1.3 Italy (Italian Social Republic) 01:56:20 7.1.4 Slovakia (Tiso regime) 01:58:19 7.2 Italian 01:58:36 7.2.1 Monaco 01:59:30 7.3 Joint German-Italian client states 01:59:40 7.3.1 Croatia (Independent State of Croatia) 02:04:32 7.3.2 Greece (Hellenic State) 02:06:10 7.4 Japanese 02:06:33 7.4.1 Burma (Ba Maw regime) 02:07:06 7.4.2 Cambodia 02:08:40 7.4.3 China (Reorganized National Government of China) 02:11:33 7.4.4 India (Provisional Government of Free India) 02:13:08 7.4.5 Inner Mongolia (Mengjiang) 02:14:52 7.4.6 Laos 02:16:35 7.4.7 Manchuria (Manchukuo) 02:18:14 7.4.8 Philippines (Second Republic) 02:19:12 7.4.9 Vietnam (Empire of Vietnam) 02:19:59 8 Controversial cases 02:20:22 8.1 Denmark 02:22:52 8.2 Soviet Union 02:27:25 8.3 Spain 02:30:51 8.4 Vichy France 02:38:02 9 German, Italian and Japanese World War II cooperation 02:38:14 9.1 German-Japanese Axis-cooperation 02:38:25 9.2 Germany's and Italy's declaration of war against the United States 02:41:28 10 See also 02:42:20 11 Notes Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: increases imagination and understanding improves your listening skills improves your own spoken accent learn while on the move reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services... Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?searc... Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.9743517129971768 Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." Socrates SUMMARY ======= The Axis powers (German: Achsenmächte; Italian: Potenze dell'Asse; Japanese: 枢軸国 Sūjikukoku), also known as "Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis" (also acronymized as "Roberto"), were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allies. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity. The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Benito Mussolini declared on 1 November that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The "Rome–Berlin Axis" became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany, Italy and Japan. At its zenith during World War II, the Axis presided over territories that occupied large parts of Europe, North Africa, and East Asia. There were no three-way summit meetings and cooperation and coordination was minimal, with slightly more between Germany and Italy. The war ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers and the dissolution of their alliance. As in the case of the Allies, membership of the Axis was fluid, ...