WWII: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, thus joining the Axis powers.
Hitler was strongly pressuring Yugoslavia to join the Axis powers.
Thus, Hungarian army was part of the invasion of Yugoslavia, gaining some more territory and joining the Axis powers in the process).
Hungary formally joined the Axis powers by signing the Tripartite Pact on 20 November 1940.
During the Second World War he was also a regular contact of Samuel Hoare whose role was to keep Spain from joining the Axis powers.
On March 1, 1941, Bulgaria signed the Tripartite Pact, and so officially joined the Axis powers.
Franz von Papen, the German foreign minister, visited Ankara with hopes of persuading Turkey to join the Axis powers.
He approached Yugoslavia, and asked them to join the Axis powers in order to facilitate a quick victory in Greece.
As an ethnic German, Capesius moved to the Waffen-SS after Romania joined the Axis powers in 1940.
During 1940/41 Iraq joined the Axis powers and the Battle of Habbaniya took place.
