History Abridged: The Axis

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So last year I got really into WW2 history. I made four different videos about the diplomacy that was going on between the Allies throughout the war and the lasting impact those scant few meetings and treaties would have on the rest of the century – how America’s involvement in the war hastened the decline of the British Empire, how the Cold War began, how Germany was denazified, and how Western Europe was securely brought into the American capitalist fold through one of the most ambitious and successful instances of economic aid and development. And this year I thought to myself, huh. I wonder what was going on with the Axis during all this time. The great Axis of Evil that threatened peace and democracy the world over, what diabolical machinations brought them together? And in my research, I realized: when your entire alliance is predicated on being so evil that no one else will talk to you, you do not have a good alliance. No, the Axis was not an alliance – it was a circus.