Why should we subsidise the culture of the Axis powers?

我们凭什么补助轴心国的文化？

The one certain thing is that they co-operated with the Axis powers.

可以肯定的是，他们与轴心国合作。

Japanese rule came to an end in 1945, following the Axis powers' defeat in World War II.

随着轴心国在第二次世界大战中战败， 日本的统治于 1945 年结束。

Japan officially joined the Axis powers in September 1940, although they did not agree  to fight by Hitler's side.

日本于 1940 年 9 月正式加入轴心国，尽管他们不同意与希特勒并肩作战。

The Americans and Soviets were more or less buddies during the Second World War, fighting together against the Axis powers.

美国人和苏联人在第二次世界大战期间或多或少是哥们，一起对抗轴心国。

It led the U.S. to join China, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the allied powers, in their fight against Germany, Italy and Japan the axis powers.

它带领美国与中国、英国和苏联一起与德国、意大利和日本的轴心国作战。

During World War II, the United States provided nearly six out of every seven barrels of oil that the Allies collectively used fighting against the Axis powers, and Texas provided the lion's share of them.

在第二次世界大战期间，盟军在与轴心国作战时使用的每七桶石油中，美国就提供了近六桶，而德克萨斯州提供了其中的绝大部分。

So while it’s tempting to say that World War II was about the Allies fighting for democratic ideals against the totalitarian militaristic imperialism of the fascist Axis powers, it just doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

因此，虽然人们很想说第二次世界大战是盟军为民主理想而战，反对法西斯轴心国的极权军国主义帝国主义，但它经不起推敲。

The Nationalists won, and  their leader, Francisco Franco, became the self-proclaimed Caudillo of  Spain. Though installed by the Axis powers, Franco avoided entanglement in World War  2 and the Cold War that soon followed it.

民族主义者获胜，他们的领袖弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥成为自封的西班牙国王。尽管由轴心国任命，但佛朗哥避免卷入第二次世界大战和紧随其后的冷战。