The axis powers also known as the Axis Alliance, Axis Nations, and Axis Countries. These were the country's that were opposed to the Allies during World War 2. The Allies were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Germany, was the most deadly army to march across Europe. No other could match tactical expertise or vehicle quality of Germany, they produced nearly 80.000 armored vehicles, but Russia built some 70.000 T-34 tanks alone, and Allied tanks came from all fronts to defeat Germany. From 1939 to 1940 (Pz-II, Pz-III, and Pz-38's) lightly armored was enough for beating Polen or Holland. From 1941 to 1943 (Pz-IV's) were better armor and armament, dealing with T-34's and Shermans, but were still vulnerable to most Allied tanks. From 1943 the Panthers and Tigers gives Germans a technical edge over the Allies, but they were outnumbered by the growing numbers of Allied tanks. German infantry well-equipped could stand up to almost anything the Allies throw at them. From 1943 to end 1944 skill level as a whole declines. The German Army throughout the war has adequate support from its artillery, the changing roles of the Luftwaffe from ground support to that of fighter defense against air raids over Germany, slowly declines German artillery.
Italy, A combination of over-eagerness and bad timing had Italy join the Axis. Poor military leadership and equipment handicapped Italy's efforts in the war, but the Italian Army made valuable contributions to the Axis. From the desert of North Africa to the snow-covered plains of Russia. The Italian infantry soldier was a man with no morale and lackluster. The whole Italian tank production during WW II was nearly 3.500 tanks, under gunned with poor armor. The artillery was perhaps the best troops fielded in the war, well-trained, using 100+ guns, most 75mm field gun or 80mm mortar.
Japan, The Japanese Army in WW II was most part an infantry-based army. Mid 1930's the Japanese began to expand their tank program. They built about 6.000 armored vehicles of all types. There was a wasteful rivalry (hate) in the army between the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), so that the war industry produced separate models planes, tanks and ships for each branch. With limited industrial resources and capacity, the Japanese had to win the war quickly, or not at all. The Japanese were the best light infantrymen in the war, with an incredible devotion to duty, high morale, absolute refusal to surrender and for all deadly enemies. They believed in the all-out charge attack with bayonets and taking positions by pure force. The infantry had not enough automatic weapons (and anti-tank weapons), only armed with rifles and grenades, so they began to field suicide. The Japanese tanks fought mostly in dense, heavily wooded terrain. Japanese opponents in the Pacific and Asian had little or no armor, so Japanese tanks being lightly armored and under gunned in the war. The Japanese artillery had an odd mix of guns calibers and limited available, few recent designs guns, some from WW I and old guns from the early 1900's.No self-propelled artillery, most horse-drawn or towed by truck. Japanese some use the massive bombardment, so as the Allies did, due to doctrine and limited ammunition.
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| Leadership | Equipment | Where They Fought | Troop Morale | Industrial Production | |
| Germany | No other could match tactical expertise | -80.000 armored vehicles - 70.000 T-34 tanks | Polen or Holland | The German Army throughout the war has adequate support from its artillery | 100 million military personnel |
| Italy | Italy, A combination of over-eagerness and bad timing had Italy join the Axis. Poor military leadership and equipment handicapped Italy's efforts in the war, but the Italian Army made valuable contributions to the Axis. | The Italian infantry soldier was a man with no morale and lackluster. | |||
| Japan |
1939 Germany invades Poland and annexes Danzig; Britain and France give Hitler ultimatum (Sept. 1), declare war (Sept. 3). Disabled German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee blown up off Montevideo, Uruguay, on Hitler's orders (Dec. 17). Limited activity (“Sitzkrieg”) on Western Front. 1940 Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg (May 10). Chamberlain resigns as Britain's prime minister; Churchill takes over (May 10). Germans cross French frontier (May 12) using air/tank/infantry “Blitzkrieg” tactics. Dunkerque evacuation > about 335,000 out of 400,000 Allied soldiers rescued from Belgium by British civilian and naval craft (May 26–June 3). Italy declares war on France and Britain; invades France (June 10). Germans enter Paris; city undefended (June 14). France and Germany sign armistice at Compiègne (June 22). Nazis bomb Coventry, England (Nov. 14).
1941 Germans launch attacks in Balkans. Yugoslavia surrenders—General Mihajlovic continues guerrilla warfare; Tito leads left-wing guerrillas (April 17). Nazi tanks enter Athens; remnants of British Army quit Greece (April 27). Hitler attacks Russia (June 22). Atlantic Charter—FDR and Churchill agree on war aims (Aug. 14). Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Guam force U.S. into war; U.S. Pacific fleet crippled (Dec. 7). U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.; Congress declares war on those countries (Dec. 11).
1942 British surrender Singapore to Japanese (Feb. 15). Roosevelt orders Japanese and Japanese Americans in western U.S. to be exiled to “relocation centers,” many for the remainder of the war (Feb. 19). U.S. forces on Bataan peninsula in Philippines surrender (April 9). U.S. and Filipino troops on Corregidor island in Manila Bay surrender to Japanese (May 6). Village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia razed by Nazis (June 10). U.S. and Britain land in French North Africa (Nov. 8).
1943 Casablanca Conference—Churchill and FDR agree on unconditional surrender goal (Jan. 14–24). German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad—turning point of war in Russia (Feb. 1–2). Remnants of Nazis trapped on Cape Bon, ending war in Africa (May 12). Mussolini deposed; Badoglio named premier (July 25). Allied troops land on Italian mainland after conquest of Sicily (Sept. 3). Italy surrenders (Sept. 8). Nazis seize Rome (Sept. 10). Cairo Conference: FDR, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek pledge defeat of Japan, free Korea (Nov. 22–26). Tehran Conference: FDR, Churchill, Stalin agree on invasion plans (Nov. 28–Dec. 1).
1944 U.S. and British troops land at Anzio on west Italian coast and hold beachhead (Jan. 22). U.S. and British troops enter Rome (June 4). D-Day—Allies launch Normandy invasion (June 6). Hitler wounded in bomb plot (July 20). Paris liberated (Aug. 25). Athens freed by Allies (Oct. 13). Americans invade Philippines (Oct. 20). Germans launch counteroffensive in Belgium—Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 16).
1945 Yalta Agreement signed by FDR, Churchill, Stalin—establishes basis for occupation of Germany, returns to Soviet Union lands taken by Germany and Japan; USSR agrees to friendship pact with China (Feb. 11). Mussolini killed at Lake Como (April 28). Admiral Doenitz takes command in Germany; suicide of Hitler announced (May 1). Berlin falls (May 2). Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims (May 7). Allies declare V-E Day (May 8). Potsdam Conference—Truman, Churchill, Atlee (after July 28), Stalin establish council of foreign ministers to prepare peace treaties; plan German postwar government and reparations (July 17–Aug. 2). A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima by U.S. (Aug. 6). USSR declares war on Japan (Aug. 8). Nagasaki hit by A-bomb (Aug. 9). Japan agrees to surrender (Aug. 14). V-J Day—Japanese sign surrender terms aboard battleship Missouri (Sept. 2).
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