The Axis Powers

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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World War II was famously fought between two forces, the Axis and the Allies. Most people know that the Axis was comprised of Germany, Italy, and Japan. What many people don’t know is that there were actually several more countries that were part of the alliance. …and why exactly was it called the Axis? … and how did these countries work together? Learn more about the Axis powers, how the alliance was created, and how they worked together, or didn’t, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Travel By Design Podcast Enjoy first hand stories from the creative minds behind some world’s most extraordinary hotels on the Travel by Design podcast. Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	World War II was famously fought between two forces, the Axis and the Allies.
0:05.0	Most people know that the Axis was comprised of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
0:09.0	What most people don't know is that there were actually several more countries that were part of the alliance.
0:14.0	And why exactly was it called the Axis?
0:16.0	And how did these countries work together?
0:18.0	Learn more about the Axis powers,
0:20.0	how their alliance was created, and how they worked together, together or didn't on this episode of everything
0:25.0	everywhere daily. The fascination with the Second World War is probably going to continue for centuries.
0:45.0	It was a war with very clear bad guys.
0:48.0	It was an extremely well documented war with plenty of footage and reporting of exactly what happened. That being said, much of what
0:54.7	people do know about the war tends to be oversimplified. There is a great deal of
0:59.0	nuance that is lost, especially when you look at the war in its totality.
1:03.0	And this is especially true with the Axis powers.
1:06.0	The origin of what would become the Axis powers actually begins in Italy.
1:11.0	Benito Mussolini rose to power in 1922 as the Prime Minister of Italy and was the leader of the
1:15.6	Italian fascist party.
1:17.7	The term fascist and fascism actually comes from the Italian fascist party, and their name was derived from the Latin word
1:24.3	Facchis. Facis were a bundle of sticks with an axe head that was used for ceremonial
1:29.3	purposes. Magistrates had bodyguards known as lictors who would carry Facas with them to signify the authority of the consul or tribune.
1:37.0	The Italian fascist were the first major anti-communist party to emerge in Europe after World War I.
1:43.0	The next big thing that occurred in the creation of the Axis Alliance
1:46.0	was the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party in Germany in January 1933.
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