The country that was not a scene of the early fighting in World War II among those options is Italy.

Why Italy is the answer

  • World War II began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, followed immediately by heavy fighting there.
  • Germany then turned west, attacking and fighting intensively in France in May–June 1940.
  • Italy did not enter the war until June 10, 1940, and its first fighting (including against France) came only after the war had been underway for many months, so it was not part of the very early campaigns that opened the conflict in 1939.

So, for the question “which country was not a scene of early fighting in World War II — France, Italy, or Poland?”, the correct choice is Italy.