| rdfs:comment | - The Tripartite Pact, also the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was signed by representatives of Nazi Germany (Adolf Hitler), Fascist Italy (foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano), and Imperial Japan (Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu).
- The initial three signers of the Tripartite Pact were the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, signed for by Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, and Saburō Kurusu respectively. Hungary signed the pact on November 20, 1940, Romania on November 23, 1940, Slovakia on November 24, 1940, Bulgaria on March 1, 1941, and Yugoslavia on March 25, 1941. However, due to a coup d'état in the capital, Germany invaded Yugoslavia shortly thereafter, forcing Yugoslavia to capitulate on April 17, 1941. The newly formed state of Croatia signed the pact on June 15, 1941.
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| abstract | - The Tripartite Pact, also the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on September 27, 1940, which established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was signed by representatives of Nazi Germany (Adolf Hitler), Fascist Italy (foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano), and Imperial Japan (Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu).
- The initial three signers of the Tripartite Pact were the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, signed for by Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, and Saburō Kurusu respectively. Hungary signed the pact on November 20, 1940, Romania on November 23, 1940, Slovakia on November 24, 1940, Bulgaria on March 1, 1941, and Yugoslavia on March 25, 1941. However, due to a coup d'état in the capital, Germany invaded Yugoslavia shortly thereafter, forcing Yugoslavia to capitulate on April 17, 1941. The newly formed state of Croatia signed the pact on June 15, 1941. Though the Tripartite Pact aimed to allow its signatories to work together at various levels, particularly militarily, the principal members of the Axis did not cooperate with one another particularly often. For one, Japan was situated in an entirely different theater to the majority of the other Axis members, with the Soviet Union being the largest potential target for all Axis members. Relations between Germany and Japan worsened following the German and Soviet non-aggression pact which ran contrary to the statements laid out in the Anti-Comintern Pact. Some indications of just how uncoordinated some of the Axis efforts were include Japan's signing of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union that it would honor until the end of the war despite Germany's invasion a mere three months later.
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