What was the significance of Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis?

- Increased Tension.

- Global Conflict: Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of World War 2.

- Alliances: The pact formalised the division of the world into opposing geopolitical, ideological, and military blocs

- US Involvement: It helped push more states to commit their interests against the Axis to protect territorial borders, as was the case of the USA.

- Loss of lives (28-62 Million Deaths) was witnessed through various genocides (the Holocausts), massacres, famines, diseases brought along as well as strategic bombings which claimed several lives across countries and continents of the affected nations that formed allies for both parties of Axis vs. Allies

- Postwar: Cold War: division of Germany (East v West), Korean peninsular, formation of two political alliances - North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Warsaw Pact

- Postwar Treaties/Agreements: Potsdam Agreement

- **Formation of United Nations Organization (1945)