A. Polar regions. Explorers didn't start getting close to the ice caps until a decade or two before world war 2 started.
They used triangular sails that allowed these ships to travel better.
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West or east of prime meridan
The Answer would be C. Austria-Hungary.
Germany offered to give Mexico most of there land back from the United States. But that plan completely backfired causing tons of problems through out the war.