USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Which of the following was NOT an Allied Power during WWII?

(A) United States

(B) Great Britain

(C) France

(D) ** Italy

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Option D. Italy was a part of the Axis powers and not the Allied Countries during World War II. The correct answer to this question is option B-France.

Concept note-2: -On June 10, 1940, shortly before Germany defeated France, Italy joined the war as Germany’s ally.

Concept note-3: -World War II the chief Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China.

Concept note-4: -Germany was not the part of Allied powers in the First World War. On June 28’ 1919, the Treaty of Versailles concluded the war listed 27 “Allied and Associated powers”.