Like many other upper respiratory diseases, diphtheria is most likely to break out during the winter months. At one time it was a major childhood killer, but in the early 2000s it is rare in developed countries because of widespread immunization.
Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The RomeâBerlin Axis became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called  Pact of Steel , with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies.he RomeâBerlin Axis became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called  Pact of Steel , with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies.
  The Berlin-Rome Axis was the alliance between two dictators, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, that formed a power base for the losing side of World War Two in Europe.he Rome-Berlin Axis Pact was a coalition that was signed in 1936  between Italy and Germany. Both countries were fascist at that  time.