Axis powers
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Germany and other axis powers were also forced to pay reparations after that conflict, but with a greater emphasis on rebuilding damaged infrastructure in Europe than on punishing Germany for its actions.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022
It’s 1962 and the axis powers won the second world war by dropping an atom bomb on Washington DC.
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2015
While Japan had been among the victorious allied powers in World War One, it was among the defeated axis powers in World War Two.
From Forbes • Dec. 5, 2014
Italy and Japan were once the two largest axis powers with Germany.
From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2013
"I believe the axis powers will not win this war."
From Time Magazine Archive
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