Democracy, from 1918 to 1945, proved rigid and inflexible. The idea of ​​democracy was attempted by many countries who were fighting for their rights, but the leaders put in power showed the weakness of democracy at that time. The two world wars played a huge role in the decline of democracy during this era and the rise of fascism, Nazism and communism. World War I was about saving democracy, but by the end of the war, democracy was crushed. The aftermath of the war caused a rise in nationalism and a desire for revenge. Ultimately, democracy collapsed during the period 1918-1945, showing the fragility of the governing style. The First World War was unnecessary and was caused by the network of all the countries' alliances with each other. The war lasted Many countries at the end of World War I and throughout World War II experienced revolutions and civil wars in their own countries. China was in civil war and Russia had an ongoing revolution. In both cases and in all cases at the time, the natives of these countries dreamed of equality and democracy, but it was bad leaders or parties that were put in power. The USSR fought for many years to rid itself of communism and “at one point, more than 100,000 foreign troops – mostly Japanese, British, American and French” (Duiker and Spielvogel, 609) were sent to Russia to try to crush communism. problem of communism. In the case of Russia, they ended many years of fighting only to find Joseph Stalin, a dictator in power, who left no involvement of the people in affairs. Many people were killed under Stalin's leadership and many people were forced to work in camps. In China's case, it first experienced a failed attempt at revolution that led to the rise of the Communist Party. This ended in another civil war with Mao Zedong's Communist Party in power. During this time, Japan experienced many failed attempts to establish a democratic government because it was still "fragile and unable to survive throughout the 1920s" (Duiker and Spielvogel, 641). Their attempts at democracy never stuck and once they had Great Democracy, that's what they thought they were getting when they replaced the old government. But in reality, the new governments put in place were the antipodes of democracy. Moreover, after World War I, people wanted change and revenge for all the damage caused, they put leaders like Stalin and Hitler in power for radical change. Ultimately, this led to World War II, which eliminated any desire for democracy. And even American leader FDR was making undemocratic decisions that led America to force its way into the world war. Ultimately, democracy proved weak in the aftermath of World War I and during World War II.