It really depends on which war the question is referring to, but if it's referring to WWII the answer would be true.
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Physical factors that influence the location of a settlement include; 1. Water supply – settlements need water, they often locate on wet point sites for this. Settlements built away from rivers and water supplies to avoid flooding are located at dry point sites.
Sampling errors occur when numerical parameters of an entire population are derived from a sample of the entire population. Since the whole population is not included in the sample, the parameters derived from the sample differ from those of the actual population.