The correct answer is A.
In the period between WWI and WWII, both countries had suffered important economic crisis and had subsequently based their respective strategies for economic recovery on the boost of the industrial sector, which focused on the production of weapons and military equipment. The two countries were ruled by extreme-rightwing fascist goverments with strong nationalistic ideas, who had adopted defense strategies based on an intense militarization of the countries.
A republic government was established during the old kingdom in ancient Egypt.
