(A) ** True
(B) False
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Axis powers, coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied powers in World War II.
Concept note-2: -The Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) were opposed by the Allied Powers (led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union). Five other nations joined the Axis during World War II: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia.
Concept note-3: -On September 27, 1940, the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.
Concept note-4: -On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, thus entering the military alliance known as the “Axis.” Seeking to curb Japanese aggression and force a withdrawal of Japanese forces from Manchuria and China, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Japan.
Concept note-5: -Japan joined the Axis powers because it had ambitions to build an empire in the Pacific. This made the United States and Great Britain, the two most powerful empires in the Pacific besides Japan, Japan’s natural enemies.