Did the Great Depression only affect America?

Great Depression was an global crisis. America under Roosevelt resolved the crisis by domestic reform. Among the famous reforms is the Social Security System. German and Japan, on the other hand, resort to war to get rid their economic crisis. read more

The Great Depression affected the entire world. Germany was suffering from a bad economy and consequences from the ending of WW1. This gave rise to the Fascists governments that sprung up throughout Europe in the 30’s-40’s. read more

No, more of the world was directly involved in the effects of the Depression than were involved in WWII, a circumstance spawned in no small part by the Depression. One cannot discuss the war without understanding the consequences and effects of the Depression, but one major effect of the latter is clearly the former and those affected by WWII were feeling the collateral effects of the Depression. read more

The Great Depression: America in the 1930s. (2009). Wecter, Dixon. The Age of the Great Depression, 1929–1941 (1948) Wicker, Elmus. The Banking Panics of the Great Depression 1996; White, Eugene N. "The Stock Market Boom and Crash of 1929 Revisited". read more

One cannot discuss the war without understanding the consequences and effects of the Depression, but one major effect of the latter is clearly the former and those affected by WWII were feeling the collateral effects of the Depression. read more