On October 23, he signs an agreement committing Spain to join the Tripartite Pact-which Germany, Italy, and Japan concluded the previous month-at a time to be agreed upon by the four powers.
Pleased with this development, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco rejects neutrality and announces a tacitly pro-German policy of nonbelligerence, modeled after that of Italy before its entrance into the war just two days earlier. Hitler appears certain to conquer Great Britain and win the war outright.
