Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

World war one spreads Five year plan World war I causes Appeasement

After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government. Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace. Militarism: armies were growing quickly thanks to mass conscription Aliances: Triple alliance and triple entente. Both sides are becoming suspisous and antagonistic of one another Imperialism: New tension over who gets which colonies Nationalism: Military leaders began to think that war was an acceptable way of bringing glory to their state

Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. It stopped the fighting, but didn't address the tensions that started the war in the first place. Reparations from Germany, War guilt clause: blamed the entire war on germany. Demilitarization: Crushed Germanys national identity Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect

A growing nationalistic fever in which all of the slavic nations felt they ought to be under the one leadership of Russia. Helps explain why Russia got involved when Austria declares war on Serbia Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government. It stopped the fighting, but didn't address the tensions that started the war in the first place. Reparations from Germany, War guilt clause: blamed the entire war on germany. Demilitarization: Crushed Germanys national identity