<P> The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan , Italy and Germany . While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union , Italy and Germany wanted it aimed at the British Empire and France . Due to this disagreement , the pact was signed without Japan and became an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany , signed on 22 May 1939 by foreign ministers Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany . </P>
<P> The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan , Italy and Germany . While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union , Italy and Germany wanted it aimed at the British Empire and France . Due to this disagreement , the pact was signed without Japan and became an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany , signed on 22 May 1939 by foreign ministers Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany . </P>
who signed an alliance between germany and italy
who signed an alliance between germany and italy
Galeazzo Ciano Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano Joachim von Ribbentrop