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23 Nov 1940 --- Marshal Atonescu of Romania meets with German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler in November 1940 to sign the Tripartite Pact, which united Romania with Germany in its Axis agreement with Japan and Italy. Antonescu, backed by the Nazis, was the fascist dictator of what was left of Romania until being deposed in 1944. He was executed as a war criminal in 1946. --- Image by © CORBIS