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The Great Depression - A Brief Summary

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The great Depression was the worst economic turn- down in the history of the world. It lasted from 1929 to 1939 due to which approximately 15 million America s were unemployed and failure of more than half the county’s banks. WHAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND THE GREAT DEPRESSION? Many people believe that the Great Depression started with the stock market crash in October 1929, but its not true and it lends people to mistake correlation with cause. The Great Depression did begin after the stock market crash but not because of it. The economic conditions in U.S were not good prior to the stock market crash.   The 1920’s featured large scale domestic consumption of consumer products. As most of this consumption was made by credit and instalment's the economy became unsustainable. Apart from this, the agriculture sector suffered throughout the 1920’s because of two reasons: - American farms had expanded rapidly during World War I to provide food to a large number of sol

8 Unknown Facts about The Battle of Britain

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The Battle of Britain was fought between The United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. It was an all-out air offensive by the Nazi Germany to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force of Great Britain. It is considered as the first major defeat of Germany in World War II. Here are some unknown facts about this battle. 1. It got it's name even before the battle started The Nazi Germany went on very aggressively attacking the western front. It overran Netherlands, Belgium and France in a matter of weeks, leaving Britain as the only allied force in western Europe. It was as this time Winston Churchill said in his speech “The Battle of France is over, I expect Battle of Britain is about to begin”. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, 1941 2. It was first battle in history which was fought entirely in air The battle began with Hitler’s forces conducting air raids on The United Kingdom. His plan was to destroy the Royal Air Force and win air superior