HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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increased job opportunities for women.
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greater social equality for Europe’s working classes.
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uninterrupted economic growth in western Europe during the 1920s.
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increased influence of socialist parties in western Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Real aggregate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 9.5 percent over the period 1914 to 1920, while the mobilization of personnel resulted in a 6 percent decline in civilian employment. Meanwhile, although population growth continued during the war years, it was only half that of the prewar rate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Combat and bombing had flattened cities and towns, destroyed bridges and railroads, and scorched the countryside. The war had also taken a staggering toll in both military and civilian lives. Shortages of food, fuel, and all kinds of consumer products persisted and in many cases worsened after peace was declared.
Detailed explanation-3: -But the war also greatly compounds a number of preexisting adverse global economic trends, including rising inflation, extreme poverty, increasing food insecurity, deglobalization, and worsening environmental degradation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First World War saw the colonial empires of France and Britain mobilised to aid European and imperial war efforts. This mobilisation and the difficulties of demobilisation placed considerable strain on imperial systems which were only partly addressed through post-war reforms.