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Chile was not militarily involved in the conflict, but aligned closely with the Cordial League. This alignment gave the Chilean government the funds it needed to recover from the EEC, as well as allies in order to not remain diplomatically isolated in the post-war era. This influenced the nation's anti National Republican stance and its foreign policy in the coming years.

[[File:FNC meeting.jpg|thumb|Members of the Chilean National Front convenein fora discussionmeeting.]]

After the Great War, the South American continent experienced a spread of [[National republicanism|National Republicanism]]; an ideology which aimed to establish a self-sufficient nationalist nation-state. This ideology became the root cause of the 1944 National Republican Coup, and the subsequent Peruvian Civil War. This created the belief among the Chilean populace that the spread of the ideology cannot be stopped, and that the ideology would enter the country one way or another. This belief motivated those dissatisfied with the current status quo to establish the Chilean National Front, or FNC. The political party gained widespread popularity among the middle class and resonated with those who shared the same impression, especially against those in the Chilean government.[[File:Chilean soldiers1.jpg|thumb|Chilean soldiers engage the Carolinian Expeditionary Forces in urban warfare somewhere in Valparaiso, Chile.]]