It caused the rip tides like rise of Hitler or the reason Italy and Japan fell to facism and the US went ahead did their own treaties with the defeated.
B could be rewritten, like so -
From "See if the light is red or not illuminated at all, now check that the ethernet cable connecting the router and computer is securely attached"
To "Check if the light is red, or not illuminated at all. IF so, THEN check the ethernet cable connecting the router to the computer is securely attached"
Answer: Oil.
Japan wanted southern Indochina's supply of oil as they were starved for it and unable to maintain their military. On the same day they attacked Pearl Harbour they also attacked the Philippines to gain access to this oil. The attack on Pearl Harbour was to prevent any armada of US ships from retaking the Philippines, which they succeeded at doing.
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