The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano and Saburo Kurusu, respectively, in the presence of Adolf Hitler. It was a defensive military alliance eventually joined by Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia's accession to the pact provoked a coup d'etat in Belgrade two days later, prompting Germany, Italy and Hungary to invade Yugoslavia; the resulting Italo-German client state, the Independent State of Croatia, joined the pact on 15 June 1941.
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Who was the Tripartite Pact aimed at?
No enemy is named; it covers an attack on any member by a power not yet in the European war or the Chinese-Japanese conflict.
The text never names an enemy. Article 3 pledges Germany, Italy and Japan to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of them is attacked by a power not at that time involved in the European war or in the Chinese-Japanese conflict. Article 5 adds that the pact does not affect the political status between each of the three powers and Soviet Russia. The treaty text is therefore worded around which wars were already under way, not around a named opponent.
What did the Tripartite Pact say about spheres of leadership and how long it lasted?
Each side recognized the other's leadership in its own region for a term of ten years.
In Article 1 Japan recognized and respected the leadership of Germany and Italy in establishing a new order in Europe, and in Article 2 Germany and Italy recognized and respected the leadership of Japan in establishing a new order in greater East Asia. Under Article 6 the pact came into effect immediately upon signature on 27 September 1940 and was to remain in force for ten years, with the parties entering into negotiations for renewal at the request of any of them before the term ended.
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was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940
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was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940
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Done in triplicate at Berlin, the 27th day of September, 1940
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The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, and Saburō Kurusu (in that order) and in the presence of Adolf Hitler.
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The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, and Saburō Kurusu (in that order) and in the presence of Adolf Hitler.
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