Hashirama and his fellow Kage hoped that dividing the tailed beasts among their villages would create a power balance, thus establishing peace between them.

In the lead up to the war, Konoha's First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, distributed the tailed beasts to the other hidden villages, something that was discussed and agreed upon at the first ever Kage Summit. According to Ōnoki, the war was a result of countries and their hidden villages taking resources from other countries and other hidden villages Madara Uchiha's demand that Iwagakure be subservient to Konohagakure is implied to be the first such example of this. The war's outbreak plunged the world into a chaos not seen since the end of the Warring States Period, for which reason there are very few records about the war.

The First Shinobi World War ( 第一次忍界大戦, Daiichiji Ninkai Taisen, English TV: First Great Ninja War), or simply the Shinobi World War ( 忍界大戦, Ninkai Taisen, English TV: Great Ninja War), was the first major conflict to occur among the Five Great Shinobi Countries. The Second Hokage and his team during the war.

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