22 Mai 1939 Jahr - Pact of Steel (Italy + Germany)

Beschreibung:

— military and political alliance between Italy and Germany.

— The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan, Italy and Germany.

— Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union

— Italy and Germany wanted focus aimed at the British Empire and France.

— Due to this disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan and became an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

— The pact consisted of two parts. The first section was an open declaration of continuing trust and co-operation between Germany and Italy.

— The second section, the "Secret Supplementary Protocol", encouraged a union of policies concerning the military and the economy.

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