How did Lenin view the outbreak of World War I as an opportunity to spark revolution in Russia?

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Lenin was in Switzerland during the early years of World War I. In his view the war was an imperialist struggle; since imperialism was "the final stage of capitalism," it was a historical necessity that the war would offer opportunities for a revolution of the proletariat.