Why would Japan have been especially pleased by the news that France had fallen to Hitler in 1940?
a. It absolved Japan of some of its prior and very costly treaty responsibilities to France.
b. The Japanese were thereby able to extend their control over French Indochina.
c. France had consistently challenged and dishonored Japan at the League of Nations.
d. As an ally of Germany, Japan was also punished under the terms of the Versailles Treaty following World War I.
Answer: B
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