How did World War One contribute to the Tsar's downfall?
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- How did World War One contribute to the Tsar's downfall?
- Impact on the army
- Battle on Tannenburg left 300,000 dead or wounded
- Not enough weapons for soldiers
- Soldiers lacking basic warm clothing
- By the end of 1916, there was 1.5 million desertions
- Experienced troops died in the early stages of the war
- Leaders were loyal to the Tsar and so were poor,
- Little to no experience of fighting
- Impact on the home front
- Grain was unable to be moved
- There was a loss of land in Poland and the west
- Peasants not selling their produce
- Inflation kicked in
- Increased the price of food and fuel
- Food shortages
- Impact on the Tsar
- Pressurised into reconvening the DUMA in 1915
- He took direct control of the army which went badly as he was then to blame
- Commander-in-chief in 1917
- There was a growing lack of trust in the Tsar
- Impact on the government
- Constant changes in who was minister
- Government was instable
- No one liked the way the government was being run
- Impact on opposition groups
- Loss in confidence in the Tsar
- Lenin had no more than 10,000 men
- They weren't ready to overthow
- Impact on the army
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