Anti-Comintern Pact

American  

[an-tee-kom-in-turn, -kom-in-turn, an-tahy-] / ˈæn tiˈkɒm ɪnˌtɜrn, -ˌkɒm ɪnˈtɜrn, ˈæn taɪ- /

noun

1. a pact formed in 1936, based on agreements between Germany and Japan to oppose communism and the Third International: Italy and Spain subsequently became signatories.

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Example Sentences

If the pact makes it impossible for Russia to join the coalition for peace, it makes equal nonsense of the Anti-Comintern Pact.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2019

Indeed, Germany would seem to have broken the Anti-Comintern Pact twice over, first by failing to inform Japan beforehand of this new agreement, and secondly by agreeing to its terms.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2019

Japan had been loosely allied with Germany since the Anti-Comintern Pact of Nov. 25, 1936.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2016

In 1936, Japan and Germany signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, pledging mutual assistance in defending themselves against the Comintern, the international agency created by the Soviet Union to promote worldwide Communist revolution.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

German troops entered the country under the pretext of protecting the oilfields, and on November 23, 1940, Romania joined Germany, Italy, and Japan in the Anti-Comintern Pact.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.