2 European countries still held african colonies in 1914
Because when the natural rubber supply from Southeast Asia was cut off at the beginning of World War II, the United States and its allies faced the loss of a strategic material. <span> So the companies, in collaboration with a network of researchers in government, academic, and industrial laboratories, developed and manufactured in record time enough synthetic rubber to meet the needs of the U.S. and its allies during World War II.</span>
To bring to justice the Nazis that had committed severe war crimes. The trials were mainly a formal way to execute/punish the Nazi officers for their crimes against the Jewish.
A. There is a blend of big and small industries
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