The Italian invasion and annexation of Abyssinia had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany. This caused the Rome-Berlin Axis to form. The Rome-Berlin Axis, but this is why two other pacts were formed …show more content…
The effect of this pact caused Japan to align themselves with the Germany and Italy Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936. Overall, this alliance also let Hitler and his top Generals to invade and seize Austria and Czechoslovakia in November 1937. Also helped with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. The creation of the axis attested to the open preparation of the fascist states for the unleashing of World War II. The Anti-Comintern Pact signed by Germany and Japan on Nov. 25, 1936, was a continuation of the Rome-Berlin Axis; Italy joined on Nov. 6, 1937. The Rome-Berlin Axis is also a 1949 book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann. It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany with particular emphasis on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Adolf