When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. 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. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

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Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect 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. The U.S enters the war and it's massive industrial capacity and the british invention of tanks tipped the balance of power against germany and the triple alliance. Russia, in defense of it's slavic ally, mobilized its forces against Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, seeing an opportunity to weaken Bosnian influence in the Balkans decided to intervene. They called on Germany to assist them. This drags the rest of the alliance system into the conflict.

2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. The spanish army opposed the popular front. A general named Francisco Franco led a violent uprising against the popular front. Which led to a civil war. Represented a kind of testing ground for WWII, while Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco, western democracies did little to help the popular front. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. 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

Pact of steel Soviet union new economic policy Assasination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914 Spanish civil war