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

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

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

From Washington Post

Signatories of the Anti-Comintern Pact now include: 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fourth name, that of onetime Premier Koki Hirota, who in 1936 signed the anti-Comintern pact, was removed without explanation.

From Time Magazine Archive