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spidge · 17-09-2007, 04:40 AM

The Pact of Steel

From: http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/...-pact-of-steel

Unlike the Rome-Berlin Axis, the Pact of Steel was an offensive, military alliance, in which Hitler and Mussolini committed to fight together in case of war. Italy, though, would not have to fight before 1942.
As a result, the military lines were drawn. Europe was divided into two camps. The Pact of Steel set down the war time alliance.
The Soviet Union was now the critical power. It was not yet in any of the camps and was in a position to tip the scales of power in either direction. Hitler was once again swift to act and pushed for the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact—the alliance between Germany and Russian that made war with Poland inevitable.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,319 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	These are the steps that led to the outbreak of World War 2 The Pact of Steel From: http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/...-pact-of-steel Unlike the Rome-Berlin Axis, the Pact of Steel was an offensive, military alliance, in which Hitler and Mussolini committed to fight together in case of war. Italy, though, would not have to fight before 1942. As a result, the military lines were drawn. Europe was divided into two camps. The Pact of Steel set down the war time alliance. The Soviet Union was now the critical power. It was not yet in any of the camps and was in a position to tip the scales of power in either direction. Hitler was once again swift to act and pushed for the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact—the alliance between Germany and Russian that made war with Poland inevitable. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm