It allowed France and Russia to mobilize their militaries faster than Germany had thought possible.
Authoritarian states rose in Eastern Europe because they were small new countries without capitol t develop industry. Haves and Have-nots and most did not have experience with democracy.
It's a thing called "scorched earth". the russians would rather burn their fields and slaughter livestock to the ground than have the french successfully take over their houses and farms and eat and steal their food, etc. it's a way to let the french starve!
Depends on your browser, a bookmark or favorite is a webpage that you visit repetedly and so you dont need to type in the URL all the time, for example on google chrome i can press the star on the URL to the right and make a bookmark.