The rapprochement of these three nations was not easy and not without problems. In Italy the Fascist Party under Benito Mussolini dreamed of reviving the Roman Empire. In the Far East, Japan dissatisfied with its gain after WWI started expanding at the expense of China from 1931. The heavy reparations and the economic crisis of the 30s brought in to power the extremist National-socialist Party headed by Adolph Hitler who claimed that the rejection of the post WWI status quo would be the solution for Germany’s problems. Germany was a revisionist country and wanted to release her self form the limitations of the Versailles Treaty. The end of WWI radically altered the map of world (Europe with e creation of new states mostly) and imposed harsh terms on the defeated Germany. The social and political mechanics at the time of their formation will be examined along with the relations between its members in order to explain the group’s performance during the war. In order to check both groups stability and performance during the war and how this related to the final outcome each belligerent group will be examined separately. In the 20 th century this was seen in WWI with the Entente against the Central Empires and it was repeated in WWII with the Allies against the Axis. Great wars always put large power groups against each other.
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