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The Great Depression 1929 to 33-Destroyed economic recovery-
American investment and loans to Europe terminated
Volume of world trade fell by 70%
Unemployment rose in 1932
USA- 13 million
Germany- 6 million
Britain- 3 million
Political consequences-
Rise of Hitler 1933
Weakened the democracies- Britain, USA and France
Fuelled aggressive nationalism in Japan
In Italy, Mussolini accelerated plans for expansion into Abyssinia
Hitler’s rise to power-
Hitler’s foreign policy
Aims-
Long term: Lebensraum in Eastern Europe and Russia
Short term: consolidate power and rebuild military strength
Foreign policy record 1933 to 5-
Quit League of Nations, October 1933
German-Polish Non-aggression Pact, January 1934
Failed Austrian Coup, July 1934
Anglo-German Naval Agreement, June 1935
Reaction of the Great powers to Nazi Germany-
Attempts to contain Nazi Germany 1933-5
Franco-Soviet Pact, May 1935
The Stresa Declaration, April 1935
Franco-Italian Rome Agreements, January 1935
Disarmament Conference, 1932-4
The Abyssinian Crisis-
October 1935, Italian troops invaded Abyssinia
Britain and France sought a compromise to keep Italy as a potential ally against Nazi
Germany
Hoare-Laval Pact
Leaked to French press and dropped
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