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Pact of Steel in 1939...
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May 23, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 23, 1939
* Pact of Steel signing
* Nazi Germany and Italy
* Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini join together
This 46 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "AXIS POWERS SIGN TEN-YEAR ALLIANCE TO REMAKE EUROPE" with subheads. (see) Much more on page 8 with complete text of the speeches made.
Tells of the signing of the pact which brought Italy and Germany together shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Pact of Steel, known formally as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany signed on May 22, 1939, by the foreign ministers of each country and witnessed by Count Galeazzo Ciano for Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany.
The Pact consisted of two parts: the first section was an open declaration of continuing trust and cooperation between Germany and Italy while the second, a "Secret Supplementary Protocol"[1] encouraged a union of policies concerning the military and economy. However, certain members of the Italian government, including the signatory Ciano, were opposed to the Pact.
It was Italian leader Benito Mussolini who dubbed the agreement "the Pact of Steel", after being told that its original name, "the Pact of Blood", would likely be received poorly in Italy.
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