I assume you mean during world war 2 what was one of the first places Germany invaded which if that's the case it would be Poland
The main world leaders at the time were
Hitler - Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt - USA
Mussolini - italy
Churchill - Britain
stalin- russia
France wanted colonies in Asia but they couldn't get China and India was under British control. So they decided to focus on Indochina, mainly Vietnam, since it was a country that could be very profitable.
<span>The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires each grew wealthy and powerful through their trade of many products, but particularly gold. Because of the the empires were so heavily dependent on trade, various circumstances that diminished the empires' trading capacities, including the death of a leader or the strengthening of a rival empire, eventually led to their decline.</span>
I'm pretty sure the answer is A) Application