<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Axis Powers Die Achsenmächte (German) Le Potenze dell'Asse (Italian) 枢軸 国 (Japanese) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1940--1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Allies (and their colonies) </Li> <Li> Allies entering after the attack on Pearl Harbor </Li> <Li> Axis powers (and their colonies) </Li> <Li> Neutral powers </Li> </Ul> Tripartite Pact powers: <Ul> <Li> Nazi Germany </Li> <Li> Empire of Japan </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Italy (after 1943, Italian Social Republic) </Li> </Ul> States that adhered to the Tripartite Pact: <Ul> <Li> Kingdom of Romania </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Hungary </Li> <Li> Slovak Republic </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Yugoslavia (never ratified) </Li> <Li> Independent State of Croatia </Li> </Ul> Co-belligerent states: <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union (see Invasion of Poland) </Li> <Li> Republic of Finland (see Continuation War) </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Iraq (see Anglo - Iraqi War) </Li> <Li> Kingdom of Thailand (see Pacific War) </Li> </Ul> Puppet governments: <Ul> <Li> Albanian Kingdom </Li> <Li> State of Burma </Li> <Li> Reorganized National Government of China </Li> <Li> Hellenic State </Li> <Li> Provisional Government of Free India </Li> <Li> Empire of Manchuria </Li> <Li> Governorate of Montenegro </Li> <Li> Quisling regime in Norway </Li> <Li> Second Philippine Republic </Li> <Li> Government of National Salvation of Serbia </Li> <Li> Vichy France </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> Military alliance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Historical era </Th> <Td> World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Anti-Comintern Pact </Th> <Td> 25 November 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pact of Steel </Th> <Td> 22 May 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tripartite Pact </Th> <Td> 27 September 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissolved </Th> <Td> 2 September 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Axis Powers Die Achsenmächte (German) Le Potenze dell'Asse (Italian) 枢軸 国 (Japanese) </Th> </Tr>

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