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FRI 27 SEP 1940War day 393Western Europe
Three governments put a name to their alignment. The timeline entry was brief; the widening war around it was not.
On 27 September 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact. The date fell just over a year after Germany invaded Poland and Britain and France declared war. By then, the conflict had moved well beyond its opening campaign in Europe. The pact joined the names of three governments already active in separate theatres to a single dated agreement. The available chronologies recorded the signing, but did not describe its clauses or list the officials who signed it.
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