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The Tripartite Pact and the Axis Powers
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The Tripartite Pact, signed in September 1940, created the Axis Powers alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan, emphasizing self-sufficiency. The Japanese joining the pact, and their misreading of the United States' reaction to it, would lead to tragedy for everyone in Asia.

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