No, it is not true that the development of armies, navies, and weapons is called imperialism. This would be called "nationalism". Imperialism refers to when countries take over and dominate other countries.
The western allies lost the cezchoslovakia from witch the Greman armies couldn't be out flanked
Depends on the time period, but a theme was that money changers stimulated trade and help in the development of growing economies as the trade between different regions occur or happen during that time period.
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The growing world economy.