With the invention of refrigeration, they started the practice of slaughtering cattle before the train journey. They packed the meat into refrigerated freight cars, known as "reefers". That facilitated the shipment of meat by train over long distances, with the meat arriving at its destination in edible condition.
The German Empire became the Weimar Republic after the disaster of World War One, as Germany embraced democracy. However, economic crisis led to Hitler’s dictatorship, and ultimately to World War Two. In 1929 as the Wall Street Crash led to a worldwide depression. Germany suffered more than any other nation as a result of the recall of US loans, which caused its economy to collapse. Unemployment rocketed, poverty soared and Germans became desperate. This led to a chain of events that ended in the destruction of German democracy: With the government unable to win a majority in the Reichstag, laws could only be passed by presidential decree. As a result, not enough action was taken to tackle the economic and social consequences of the Depression and Germans increasingly began to look to the political extremes for answers.
This really helped out the allied powers. Since they were getting supplies they would be able to sustain the war/stall the war in time. During German's operation barborssa they had took advantage of this. All of the supplies sent by the US and other countries were mounted up, and US soldiers were sent to Britian. Commonwealth soldiers were also supplied because of this reason.
Renaissance encouraged curiosity, investigation, discovery, modern day knowledge. Caused people to question old beliefs. During the era of the Scientific Revolution, people began using experiments and mathematics to understand mysteries. Effects: New discoveries were made, old beliefs began to be proven wrong. Hope this helps :)