Axis leaders of World War II

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Contents 1 Original Tripartite Pact members 1.1 Germany 1.2 Italy 1.3 Japan 2 Other Axis powers 2.1 Hungary 2.2 Romania 2.3 Slovak Republic 2.4 Bulgaria 2.5 Yugoslavia 2.6 Croatia 2.7 Republic of China-Nanjing 3 Axis co-belligerents 3.1 Thailand 3.2 Finland 3.3 Iraq 4 See Also

[edit] Original Tripartite Pact members

[edit] Germany

Adolf Hitler
Karl Dönitz

[edit] Italy

Victor Emmanuel III
Benito Mussolini

[edit] Japan

Hirohito
Hideki Tojo

[edit] Other Axis powers

[edit] Hungary

Miklós Horthy

[edit] Romania

Ion Antonescu

[edit] Slovak Republic

Jozef Tiso

[edit] Bulgaria

Boris III

[edit] Yugoslavia

Prince Paul

[edit] Croatia

Ante Pavelić

[edit] Republic of China-Nanjing

Wang Jingwei

[edit] Axis co-belligerents

[edit] Thailand

Plaek Pibulsonggram

[edit] Finland

Risto Ryti

[edit] Iraq

• Rashid Ali al-Kaylani was Prime Minister of Iraq from 1940 -1941. Ali al-Kaylani over threw the pro-British Nuri Said Pasha and established a pro-Nazi regime. Britain responded with severe economic sanctions against Iraq and an invasion. The Anglo-Iraqi War lasted only two months with a British victory and Ali al-Kaylani out of power.

• Haj Amin al-Husseini was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem who had been exiled from the Palestine for his nationalist activities. Husayni aided the Axis cause in the Middle East by issuing a fatwa for a holy war against Britain in May 1941. The Mufti's widely heralded proclamation against Britain was declared in Iraq, where he was instrumental in the pro-Nazi Iraqi revolt. When Britain invaded Iraq the Mufti fled to Germany.

[edit] See Also

• Axis powers of World War II
• Commanders of World War II

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