<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishItalia ya Kifashisti na Ujerumani ya Nazi ziliwaunga mkono Wanamgambo wa Franco, wakati Muungano wa Sovieti uliwaunga mkono Wa-Republican ingawa kidogo na kidogo kuelekea mwisho wa vita.  <response>: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany backed Francos Nationalists, while the Soviet Union supported the Republicans although less and less towards the end of the war. 