Provisional Government's Decision To Defeat

'The Provisional Governments decision to continue the war doomed it to defeat'. Explain why you agree or disagree with this view.
It has been suggested that the 'Provisional Governments decision to continue the war doomed it to defeat'. There is evidence to support this view as due to the government’s preoccupation with winning the War, many economic and social problems were overlooked or ignored and many individuals were becoming discontented. Which in turn turn lost the provisional government masses of support. There is also evidence to challenge this view as army officers were generally in support of the provisional government and continuing the war. Additionally, there were many other factors which contributed to the failure of the provisional government and not this decision alone. Overall however it is clear from the evidence that this view is accurate and that the decision to …show more content…
However the provisional Government did not consider what the public wanted and ordered an attack. This could be considered a key factor as the Provisional Government effectively acted in the same way as the Tsar and failed to listen to what many people wanted. 1.7 million Russian soldiers were killed in world war one and the blame was being placed both on the Tsar and the government, whereas the Bolsheviks were offering an end to the war that took so many lifes. Further evidence to support this view is that supplies and food were sent to the front line, this resulted in food shortages in the cities which is why Lenins slogans of "peace, bread, land" were becoming more appealling to the population as it appeared that he was a leader willing to deal with the problems Russia was facing. Russia's transport system was inadequate to meet the demands for war; because of this it soon broke down under the