ANTI-COMINTERN PACT (nov 25, 1936 – nov 6, 1937)
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The anti-Comintern pact was agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan. The essential goal of this pact was to stop the spread of communism around the globe. Particularly, the Soviet Union. Italy and Germany who had also worked well together during the Spanish Civil War, they had brought communism to a halt - so they too, signed the agreement. Germany was particularly interested in Japans success against China in their battles, they formed interest in each other. When japan discovered Germany had formed a German-Soviet Non Aggression Pact, Japan was enraged and left the Anti-Comintern Pact.
They later renounced that and joined the Tripartite Pact, which joined Italy, Japan and Germany against threats such as the Soviet Union or United States.
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