During the war both sides, axis and entente, both took winning at all costs to an extreme. For particular countries they had a significant economic loss, while others such as the United States had an economic boom, hence the ‘roaring twenties.’ Countries from all of the world formed alliances with the major European powers, and the colonies often got ‘squeezed’ as the main priority was to turn all their collective resources towards war efforts. At this point we were far past imperialistic greed which can be seen as the spark to the fire, now countries main focus was to resemble new weaponry, armies, and tactics. Which ultimately led to the age of militarism, the major European powers were under the sole belief that they had to maintain strong
