{"id":2510,"date":"2018-03-03T17:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=2510"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:56:10","slug":"pact-of-steel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/pact-of-steel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pact of Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Pact of Steel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On May 22nd,1939, Germany and Italy signed a Pact of Friendship and Alliance which is more commonly known as the Pact of Steel. The Pact was based on an assumption that war would break out within the next 3 years and tied German and Italian economic, military and foreign policies together.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2515\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/pact-of-steel-newspaper-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pact of Steel\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pact agreed the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; that in the event of war there would be mutual assistance between the\u00a0<span id=\"IL_AD3\" class=\"IL_AD\">countries<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; that neither nation would agree peace terms without the consent of the other nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; that there would be discussions about war planning and operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; that joint Propaganda\u00a0<span id=\"IL_AD5\" class=\"IL_AD\">efforts<\/span>\u00a0would be utilised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; that there would be economic co-operation between Germany and Italy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n_w6O7exkhw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/abyssinia\/\">Abyssinian Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/hitlers-aims-lebensraum-grossdeutschland\/\">Hitler&#8217;s Foreign Policy Aims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/appeasement\/\">Appeasement<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>External Links<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historicalresources.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/10\/the-pact-of-steel-the-pact-of-friendship-and-alliance-between-germany-and-italy-may-22-1939\/\">History Resources<\/a> &#8211; Sources relating to the Pact of Steel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinworldhistory.com\/may-22-1939-adolf-hitler-and-benito-mussolini-sign-the-pact-of-steel\/\">This Day in World History<\/a> &#8211; Pact of Steel Entry<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/\">International Relations in the Inter-war Years<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/treaty-of-versailles\/\">Treaty of Versailles, 1919<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/the-league-of-nations\/\">League of Nations<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/the-dawes-plan\/\">The Dawes Plan, 1924<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/the-locarno-pact\/\">Locarno Pact<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/kellogg-briand-pact\/\">Kellogg-Briand Pact<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/the-young-plan\/\">The Young Plan<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/litvinov-protocol\/\">Litvinov Protocol<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/causes-wall-street-crash\/\">Wall Street Crash<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/the-great-depression-global-issues\/\">Impact of the Great Depression<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/manchurian-crisis\/\">Manchurian Crisis, 1931<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/abyssinia\/\">Abyssinia Crisis, 1935<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/league-nations-crisis-abyssinia-manchuria\/\">League of Nations response to Abyssinia and Manchuria<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/spanish-civil-war\/\">Spanish Civil War, 1936<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/hitlers-aims-lebensraum-grossdeutschland\/\">Hitler&#8217;s Aims: Lebensraum and Grossdeutschland<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/reoccupation-rhineland-international-response\/\">Reoccupation of the Rhineland: International Response<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/anschluss\/\">Anschluss<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/appeasement\/\">Appeasement<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/sudetenland\/\">Sudetenland plebisite<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/munich-agreement\/\">Munich Agreement<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/interwar-period-c1918-1945\/pre-war-policy-towards-poland\/\">Allied Pre-War policy towards Poland<\/a> &#8211; 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