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Date	May 22, 1939 - September 2, 1945
Related People	Adolf Hitler • Benito Mussolini • Joachim von Ribbentrop

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Axis leaders Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini with Adolf Hitler

Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War II rise

Vintage map of Japan and Indo China region.

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