Axis powers

Cultural  

1. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II. (Compare Allies.)

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Example Sentences

It is well known, and uncontentious, that World War II was fought between two gigantic coalitions: the Grand Alliance, consisting principally of the British Empire, the United States and the Soviet Union; and the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy and Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

During World War II, March was so powerful and influential that the Allies paid him a substantial sum to keep Spain from joining the Axis powers.

From Slate

Instead of the usual victor’s demand for reparations or revenge, the U.S. gave Europe, including its defeated Axis powers, $13 billion in foreign aid that would, within a decade, launch that ruined continent on a path toward unprecedented prosperity.

From Salon

Argentina's Supreme Court was tasked with the decision as to what to do with them next but it appears no decision was made before 1944 - when Argentina broke relations with the Axis powers - explaining how the crates ended up gathering dust in the court's basement for decades.

From BBC

Emerging from World War II, a conflict against the Axis powers — Germany, Italy and Japan — that had seized empires in Europe, Africa and Asia by military conquest, Washington built a new world order that would be defined in the U.N.

From Salon