World War one operated as a catalyst and emphasized the regimes political economic and physiological weaknesses. In other words the war simply brought to the surface the regimes weakness to efficiently deal with the strain. Consequently the downfall of the regimes was attributed to political reasons rather than the war, which merely sparked social unrest.

In particular Nicholas destroyed the very last opportunity he had of securing the support of the liberals. He kept interfering with the Dumas and the electoral system making himself and the government the target of political resistance and kept rejecting liberal demands for political concessions. The military failure also played a role in the causes of the Feb/March revolution. Heavy defeats along with the persistence of Czar Nicholas II to take personal command also make him a target and personally responsible for millions of deaths, thus aggravating the Dumas and the lower...