How did British ,Dutch Spanish ,French claim other countries Pls I desperately need this answered

They colonized them using military force and sometimes even intimidation.

Explanation:

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

answer-the island had airfields that the u.s. military needed.