The First World War was a contest between the Allies and the Allies, while the Second World War was a war between the Axis powers and the World Anti-Fascist League. As we all know, the Axis powers include Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan, but many people do not know that in addition to these three foreign countries, it also has some member states!
On September 27, 1940, German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, Italian Foreign Minister Ciano, and Japanese Ambassador to Germany Saburō Raisu signed the Treaty of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan in Berlin, formally forming a military bloc with the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis as the core. Subsequently, a number of countries joined the organization, and they also became members of the Axis powers.
The first one is Hungary! On November 20, 1940, Horthy, the regent of Hungary, announced his membership in the "Axis" group. At the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, Hungary was forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon, lost 72% of its territory, reduced its population from 20.8 million to 6.5 million, and became a landlocked country.
Hungary is dissatisfied with this, but in view of the weakness of the country, it has been quiet. After Hitler came to power, he tried his best to win Hungary over, and in dividing up Czechoslovakia and Poland, he returned part of the country to Hungary. At this point, Hungary was tied to the German chariot and sent more than 200,000 troops to the war. In October 1944, Hungary was occupied by the Soviet Union and withdrew from the war.
The second is Romania! At that time, Romania was facing the threat of the Soviet Union and Germany, and there was no response to the call for help from Britain and France. Eventually, the Romanian ruler Antonescu joined the Axis on November 23, 1940. Romania sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the war, and eventually the Soviets invaded Romanian territory. On August 23, 1944, Romania withdrew from the war.
The third is Bulgaria! Under strong German military pressure, Bulgaria had no choice but to join the Axis group on 1 March 1941. In September 1944, soviet troops marched into Bulgarian territory, and a Bulgarian uprising overthrew the Bulgarian monarchy and withdrew from World War II.
The fourth is Yugoslavia! After the outbreak of World War II, Regent Paul of Yugoslavia feared German invasion and joined the Axis on 25 March 1941. However, there were still strong anti-German forces in the country, which eventually led to a coup d'état, and the new regime, although not publicly withdrawing, was no longer supporting Germany. Later, Germany invaded Yugoslavia and broke it down.
There are also two puppet regimes, Slovakia and Croatia. After the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia became a German puppet regime and participated in World War II. Croatia was a puppet regime established by Germany after the invasion of Yugoslavia. In addition, there were countries that, although they entered the war, did not officially join the Axis powers, such as Finland.
Reference: History of the Second World War