Answer: During world war ll, Germany was an Axis power and Italy was an Axis power.
There were only 3 main Axis powers which included Germany, Italy and Japan with Adolf Hilter, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito as their leader from these countries respectively.
Beginning from Germany, the Axis alliance grew by pairing up with Japan and Italy, later solidifying their bond in September 1940 with the Three Power Pact, also known as the Tripartite Pact.