See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany backed Franco's Nationalists, while the Soviet Union supported the Republicans (although less and less towards the end of the war).

Sentence 2: Italy and Germany liked Franco.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Options are:
(1). yes.
(2). it is not possible to tell.
(3). no.
(2).