ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Tripartite Pact

Okay kiddo, so let's talk about the tripartite pact. It was like a special agreement made a long time ago, in the 1940s. Imagine you and two of your friends making a deal to always have each other's backs. That's kind of what the tripartite pact was like.

In this case, the three friends were Germany, Italy, and Japan. They all promised to help each other out if any of them were in trouble. They also promised to not attack each other. It was like they were forming a team and making a plan to conquer the world together.

This pact was made during a big war called World War II. At the time, Germany, Italy, and Japan were all fighting against other countries. They thought that if they worked together, they could be stronger and might be able to win the war.

Unfortunately, things didn't go very well for the friends. They were eventually defeated in the war, and the tripartite pact stopped being a thing. But it was an important moment in history where three countries came together and made a promise to one another.