That same year, Hungary joined the Axis alliance and on July 1, 1941 entered the war alongside Germany.

"Some will say this is too similar to the Axis alliance before the Great Patriotic War."

Manoilescu, who was a supporter of the Axis alliance, attempted in vain to make use of his influence with Italian authorities.

Again, in September 1937, D'Annunzio met with the Duce at the Verona train station to convince him to leave the Axis alliance.

Operation Achse (German invasion of Italy after its resignation from the Axis alliance to install a puppet government under Mussolini.

Although Yugoslavia had reluctantly joined the Axis alliance with Germany, the Yugoslav government was toppled by an anti-German military coup on March 27, 1941.

These surrender talks implied a commitment from Badoglio not only to leave the Axis alliance but also to have Italy declare war on Germany.

The scenario allows players to control the entire Allied or Axis alliance beginning just as Pearl Harbor is attacked.

The scenario proposes an alternate history where Germany and the Axis alliance have captured Europe, key parts of Africa, and Asia.

He also received a measure of international attention when Hitler sent him to Rome to seal the Axis alliance.