Another way your question could be framed is “why do nations use imperialism on weaker countries?” and the simple answer is there are several motives such as ethnocentric purposes, religion, access to natural resources, expanding power, etc. Specifically people resort to imperialism on weaker countries because they are vulnerable to accept whatever helps the people survive in times of unrest.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
It was in the former Yugoslavia where the country was torn apart by ethnic wars between Croats and Serbs as well as Albanians. The situation came to a point where not even
the United Nations peace keepers could stop the violence and so the U.S. sent
its military to end the conflict.
The allies had to take strategic considerations, which they learned after attempting an invasion at the coast of Normandy, France; day that came to be remembered as "D-Day". The allies understood they couldn't attempt another landing on a heavily defended German outpost, but they did know the Germans did not have the enough amount of troops to defend all of the coasts, so they had to deceive enemy into a proxy attack point while attacking somewhere else.
I had this question on one of my tests, and the right answer was:
<span>Colonial women had social and political influence, despite having few legal rights. I am 100% positive this is the right answer. :)</span>