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The Spanish Civil War
I can think of two reasons. 1) Communism and Democracy allied to fight against Fascism and Naziism as they would later do in World War 2. And 2), tanks and military aircraft along with the tactics of mobile warfare were tested in Spain before WW2.
1. Excellent way to win land battles; by stopping them before they even got there! But Germany failed to do that. (But they were on the right track). 2. This was Britain's dress rehearsal for WWII's battle of the Atlantic. Why they didn't learn from it is anyone's guess.
Yes , the uniforms had changed from world war to world war such as the field uniform of those who served in the first world war went from khaki colored to that of olive drab , the helmets changed shapes , field packs changed , dress uniforms changed , etc ... ~ see link below .
Japan had 5th columnists inside Russia during the 1904-1905 war, supporting the anti-czartists. The unsuccessful 1905 revolution was a rehearsal for the 1917 successful revolution.