What is true about both Germany and Italy leading up to World War II

The answer is:

1. Both believed they had the right to lands outside their borders

Explanation:

Both Germany and Italy were led at the time by dictators, Adolf Hitler was the leader of the NAZI party and Benito Mussolini as the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) in Italy.

Hitler sought Lebensraum or "living space" for the Germans in Eastern Europe, his aggressiveness translated to foreign policy is considered the cause of WWII.

Relations between Germany and Italy improved due to Hitler's support of Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. In 1936, Italy signed the treaty of cooperation with Germany and proclaimed the creation of a Rome-Berlin Axis.