World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a>, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCD_line" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ABCD line">cut off oil shipments</a>.