Editing Nazi Germany (section)

==== Foreign policy ====
{{Further|Diplomatic history of World War II#Germany}}
Germany's wartime foreign policy involved the creation of allied governments controlled directly or indirectly from Berlin. They intended to obtain soldiers from allies such as Italy and Hungary and workers and food supplies from allies such as [[Vichy France]].{{sfn|Mazower|2008|loc=chapter 9}} Hungary was the fourth nation to join the Axis, signing the [[Tripartite Pact]] on 27 September 1940. Bulgaria signed the pact on 17 November. German efforts to secure oil included negotiating a supply from their new ally, [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]], who signed the Pact on 23 November, alongside the Slovak Republic.{{sfn|Evans|2008|p=151}}{{sfn|Kershaw|2008|p=584}}{{sfn|Shirer|1960|p=803}} By late 1942, there were 24 divisions from Romania on the Eastern Front, 10 from Italy, and 10 from Hungary.{{sfn|Weinberg|2005|p=414}} Germany assumed full control in France in 1942, Italy in 1943, and Hungary in 1944. Although Japan was a powerful ally, the relationship was distant, with little co-ordination or co-operation. For example, Germany refused to share their formula for synthetic oil from coal until late in the war.{{sfn|Martin|2005|pp=279–280}}