Which of the following statements is not true? a. themistocles held back xerxes' army at the battle of thermopylae. c. themistocles saved the lives of many athenians as their city burned to the ground. b. themistocles sunk the persian's fleet. d. themistocles defeated the persians at platea.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

sitting in that one chair where he could get shot at was his worst decision.