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The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France.
Cited: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/french-revolution/
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
The primary economic and political conditions following world war 1 that encouraged dictatorships were sinking economies and harsh reparations imposed on Germany for starting the war. These conditions led to humiliation that facilitated the rise of dictators who "took charge".