[Image:Ww2 allied axis.gif|thumb|400px|right|A representation of the changes in territory controlled by Allies and Axis powers over the course of the war. ]] The Axis Powers, also interpreted as Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those
countries opposed to the
Allies during
World War II. The three major Axis powers,
Nazi Germany,
Fascist Italy, and
Imperial Japan were part of a
military alliance on the signing of the
Tripartite Pact on
September 1940, which officially founded the Axis powers. At their zenith, the Axis powers ruled
empires that dominated large parts of
Europe,
Asia,
Africa and the
Pacific Ocean, but World War II ended with their total defeat. Like the Allies, membership of the Axis was fluid, and some nations entered and later left the Axis during the course of the war.
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