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.
The German's strategic goal had been to slice through Egypt, capture the Suez Canal, enter the British Mandate of Palestine, activate an Arab uprising against the British, and finally link up with German forces thrusting south from Southern Russia.