What similar strategies did leaders in Germany, Italy, and Japan use to transform their nations into strong world powers before WWII?

The leaders
of Japan, Germany, and Italy were similar in how they readied their respective nations for WWII.
All three created a narrative which portrayed their nations as victims of the chief players of
the Versailles Conference. Italy did not get all the spoils it wanted from the split of
Austria-Hungary. Germany was blamed for instigating the war. Japan was not allowed to keep the
territories it grabbed during the war, and there was no guarantee of racial equality in the
Versailles Treaty. Japan was further marginalized at the disarmament conferences as its navy was
constrained to be smaller than Britain or the United States. Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo had to
stir the people into seeing themselves as victims of an unfair system.

The
three leaders also built up the armed forces in their respective nations. For most, joining the
army or working in a munitions plant was an attractive option that guaranteed them a steady job;
all three of the Axis Powers had experienced a strong...