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To: agere_contra

The Axis powers wanted war because they believed - not unreasonably - that they were going to win it.

The Axis powers were the adherents of the Three-Power Pact--the "Axis Pact"--of 1940.

14 posted on 01/08/2014 6:34:22 AM PST by Fiji Hill

To: Fiji Hill; agere_contra

The Axis powers were the adherents of the Three-Power Pact--the "Axis Pact"--of 1940.

Right you are. In the Great War, Germany and its allies were called the Central Powers.

18 posted on 01/08/2014 6:43:48 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)

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