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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-001-30, Volkssturm, Frau mit Panzerfaust.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Volksturm]] being mobilized near [[Berlin]], 1945.]]

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-001-30, Volkssturm, Frau mit Panzerfaust.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Volkssturm]] being mobilized near [[Berlin]], 1945.]]

Although literally, '''mobilization''' means "to make mobile" it is mainly used relating to [[military]] activity.

Although literally, '''mobilization''' means "to make mobile" it is mainly used relating to [[military]] activity.

Mobilization is the act of making both troops and supplies ready for war and the logistics involved in deploying them in conflict zones.

Mobilization is the act of making both troops and supplies ready for war and the [[logistics]] involved in deploying them in conflict zones.

In the period leading up to the [[First World War]], senior military advisors monitoring external military forces, analyzed the information to determine if it's just an exercise, and if not, reported to political leaders of a general mobilization. The information was interpreted as "mobilization means [[war]]," and the country observing the mobilization invoked its own mobilization, rapidly escalating tensions beyond the control of politicians and [[diplomat]]s.

In the period leading up to the [[First World War]], senior military advisors monitoring external military forces, analyzed the information to determine if it's just an exercise, and if not, reported to political leaders what they perceived as a general mobilization by their counterparts. The information was interpreted to mean "mobilization means [[war]]," and the country observing the mobilization invoked its own mobilization, rapidly escalating tensions beyond the control of politicians and [[diplomat]]s. Millions of active duty and reservists were mobilized into [[military]] units and sent to the front. Within 60 days, 2 million soldiers from both sides had been killed.

==Comintern activity==

==Comintern activity==