Hey Guys,
Just a thread that poses the question as to how you could get the World War Two Axis to be bigger than OTL (more signatories in the Tripartite Pact/Anti-Comintern Pact who declared war on the Allies/Soviet Union). My initial thoughts were that the other signatories could be numerous nations that almost/possibly could've swung towards the Axis.
For example, if Eoin O'Duffy's 'March on Dublin' had been a coup and led to Eoin becoming 'President' of a single-party Ireland then I could expect he'd sign the Pact(s). I could expect he might also declare war on the Soviet Union and send troops over, though I can't imagine him declaring war if Britain is still in the war, thus you'd need them out of the war (possibly through Prime Minister Lord Halifax making peace or something). Though of course Eoin may not be able to due to the IRA in Ireland and a possible Second Irish Civil War or something?
Another member may be Spain if somehow a Falange leader managed to take over Spain after the Civil War, such as José Antonio Primo de Rivera or Manuel Hedilla. I could expect they'd be less smart than Franco and would likely join the pact(s) and send troops to help against the Soviets or against the Allies in general.
My last nation (though in actuality there are quite a few more) we could see Greece join the Axis if either the Italians or Greeks could come to some arrangement about the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea.
Can you think of any others and how they could plausibly come to power? What about my own contributions, how plausible/implausible are they?