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 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. Ireland wanted to be independent from britain. Although Britian had passed a home-rule bill, they put it on pause during the war. Ireland thought they were backtracking and so on easter sunday in 1916, Irish rebels began fighting british soldiers, who eventually put the rebellion down. Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Five year plan February revolution Appeasement Women's rights during war

Stalemate is broken Five year plan Benito Mussolini Pact of steel

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. They stormed the provisional government's headquarters and now the communists are now in control of Russia 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect

Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war. Peasant farmers were no longer required to send their produce to the state and could sell it on the open market. Lenin permitted private ownership of small businesses. Lenin cut corners and didn't follow the original plan for the communist government.