Why did Japan side with Germany/Nazis in WWII?

Nearly a month later, on November 25, 1936, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact directed at the Soviet Union. Italy joined the ... Even before the Tripartite Pact, two of the three Axis powers had initiated conflicts that would become theaters of war in World War II. read more

After Germany was defeated in WWI, the Japanese still sent officers to observe Germany, and these officers became the core officers of WWII Japan, with even more adulation for the Germans from what they have seen. read more

This led to a rapprochement and, eventually, a political and military alliance that included Italy: the"Axis". During the Second World War, however, the Axis was limited by the great distances between the Axis powers; for the most part, Japan and Germany fought separate wars, and eventually surrendered separately. read more

After 1900 Japan aligned itself with Britain, and Germany and Japan were enemies in World War I. Japan declared war on the German Empire in 1914 and seized key German possessions in China and the Pacific. In the 1930s, both countries adopted aggressive militaristic attitudes toward their respective regions. read more