Like many other upper respiratory diseases, diphtheria is most likely to break out during the winter months. At one time it was a major childhood killer, but in the early 2000s it is rare in developed countries because of widespread immunization.
Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The RomeâBerlin Axis became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called  Pact of Steel , with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies.he RomeâBerlin Axis became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called  Pact of Steel , with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies.
Although these factors hold a great deal of truth and certainly some weight, it is difficult to argue that the Rome-Berlin axis was established purely on this basis. This paper will predominately argue that Germany and Italy had little in common but common enemies and more significantly the shared aim of both wanting to assert themselves as revisionist powers of the interwar period.