<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Axis leaders of World War II were important political and military figures during World War II . The Axis was established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strongly militarist and nationalist ideology; with a policy of anti-communism . During the early phase of the war, puppet governments were established in their occupied nations . When the war ended, many of them faced trial for war crimes . The chief leaders were Adolf Hitler of Germany, Benito Mussolini of Italy and Emperor Hirohito of Japan . Unlike what happened with the Allies, there was never a joint meeting of the main Axis heads of government, although Mussolini and Adolf Hitler did meet on a regular basis . </P> <Ul> <Li> Boris III was the Tsar from 1918 until his death in 1943 . </Li> <Li> Simeon II was Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 until 1946, was underage and did not have any power . </Li> <Li> Kyril, Prince (knyaz) of Bulgaria, head of the regency council, 1943--44 . </Li> <Li> Bogdan Filov, prime minister, 1940--43, member of the regency council, 1943--44 . </Li> <Li> Dobri Bozhilov, prime minister, 1943--44 . </Li> <Li> Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov was prime minister in 1944 . He attempted to pull Bulgaria out of the war and declare neutrality . </Li> <Li> Konstantin Muraviev, prime minister, 1944. Bulgarian Agrarian National Union . </Li> <Li> Kimon Georgiev, prime minister, 1944--46 . Zveno </Li> <Li> Aleksandar Tsankov, prime minister of the Bulgarian government - in - exile . </Li> <Li> Nikola Mikhov was a lieutenant general, Minister of Defence of Bulgaria </Li> <Li> Constantine Lukasz was a lieutenant general, Chief of Staff of the Bulgarian Army </Li> <Li> Stoyan Stoyanov was the highest scoring Bulgarian fighter ace of the Royal Bulgarian Air Force with 14 victories . </Li> <Li> Ferdinand Kozovski was a lieutenant - general in the Bulgarian who served as the Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria from 1950--1965 . </Li> <Li> Damyan Velchev was a Bulgarian colonel - general, Minister of Defence of Bulgaria . </Li> <Li> Vladimir Stoychev was a Bulgarian colonel - general, diplomat and horse rider . </Li> </Ul>

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