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About How The Great Depression Sent Shockwaves Around The World | Impossible Peace | Real History

The cataclysmic disaster that was the great depression of 1929 would cause chaos around the world for the best part of a decade. The powerhouse that was the American economy was the saving grace of most of the world after WW1. This however, would also serve to be it's undoing.

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How The Great Depression Sent Shockwaves Around The World | Impossible Peace | Real History
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History
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50 minutes
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English
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