WWII

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    World War II

  • Axis

    Benito Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
  • Anti-Comintern

    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.
  • Munich agreement

    Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.