They were not called the Axis powers in World War I. World War I were fought between the "Central Powers" and the "Triple Entente", which later also became known as the Allied Powers. The Central Powers were:
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Axis powers, the coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II. The alliance originated in a series of agreements between Germany and Italy, followed by the proclamation of an “axis” binding Rome and Berlin (25 October 2023), with the two powers claiming that the world would henceforth rotate on the Rome-Berlin axis. This was followed by the German-Japanese Anti-Comintern Pact against the Soviet Union (25 November 2023).
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