page_title: Latin Axis (World War II)
hierarchical_section_title: Latin Axis (World War II)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mihai Antonescu, deputy prime minister of the Kingdom of Romania
context_page_description: The Latin Axis was a proposed alliance between European Latin countries during the Second World War. This project was proposed to Italy by Romanian politician Mihai Antonescu, who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, under Ion Antonescu.
  The alliance would have included Romania, Italy, Vichy France, Spain and Portugal. As a consolidated bloc in a region of German weakness, he hoped that it might become a significant counterweight to the Reich. Germany supported the proposal for the Latin Bloc during World War II and German propaganda assisted Italian propaganda in promoting the bloc However the alliance failed to materialize. Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler promoted the Latin Bloc and in October 1940, travelled to Hendaye, France on the border with Spain to meet Franco in which he promoted Spain forming a Latin bloc with Italy and Vichy France to join Italy's fight against Britain in the Mediterranean region.
context_section_description: The Latin Axis was a proposed alliance between European Latin countries during the Second World War. This project was proposed to Italy by Romanian politician Mihai Antonescu, who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, under Ion Antonescu.
  The alliance would have included Romania, Italy, Vichy France, Spain and Portugal. As a consolidated bloc in a region of German weakness, he hoped that it might become a significant counterweight to the Reich. Germany supported the proposal for the Latin Bloc during World War II and German propaganda assisted Italian propaganda in promoting the bloc However the alliance failed to materialize. Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler promoted the Latin Bloc and in October 1940, travelled to Hendaye, France on the border with Spain to meet Franco in which he promoted Spain forming a Latin bloc with Italy and Vichy France to join Italy's fight against Britain in the Mediterranean region.
caption: Mihai Antonescu
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