Correct Answer - Option 3 : Oct 1936
By the late 1930s, Mussolini’s obsession with demography led him to conclude that Britain and France were finished as powers and that Germany and Italy were destined to rule Europe if for no other reason than their demographic strength.
- Mussolini stated his belief that declining birth rates in France were “absolutely horrifying” and that the British Empire was doomed because a quarter of the British population was older than 50.
- As such, Mussolini believed that an alliance with Germany was preferable to an alignment with Britain and France as it was better to be allied with the strong instead of the weak.
On October 25, 1936, Mussolini agreed to form a Rome-Berlin Axis, sanctioned by a cooperation agreement with Nazi Germany and signed in Berlin.
- At the Munich Conference in September 1938, Mussolini continued to pose as a moderate working for European peace while helping Nazi Germany annex the Sudetenland.
- The 1936 Axis agreement with Germany was strengthened by the Pact of Steel signed on May 22, 1939, which bound Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in a full military alliance.
Thus, we can conclude that Rome Berlin Axis signed in Oct 1936.
