Military Response To The Great Depression

The Great Depression was introduced to the world in 1929. During these depressing years, many economies slumped in industrialized nations in North America, Europe, and other continents. The Great Depression was the longest and most severe misery the Western world has ever faced. Along with the episodes that struck during the Great Depression, the countries involved have improved their industrialization and economy. The Great Depression advanced and transformed the world because of the military dictatorships, fascism, militarism, totalitarian, capitalism, and the unemployment that resulted to this action. One of the responses to the Depression is military dictatorships. “One of the reasons for this is the fact that the military often has more cohesion and institutional structure than most of the civilian institutions of society” (“Military Dictatorship”). This response was mainly found in Argentina and other Central American

Fascism is the act of the total control of people. It is a form of government, which is a type of one-party dictatorship. Fascists are against democracy. Militarism is the glorification of military might. The Nazi Party, which was led by Adolf Hitler in Germany, claimed that they would earn back the country’s economy and rebuild its military. In 1932, Hitler became chancellor. He introduced an enormous program of military equipment. Hitler opposed democracy. He stated that democracy was “nothing other than the systematic cultivation of human failure” (“Opposition to Parliamentary Democracy”). Fascism in Italy ascended before the Depression began. By July 1943, “the failure of the Italian war effort and the imminent invasion of the Italian mainland by the Allies led to a rebellion within the Fascist Party” (“Mussolini founds the Fascist Party”). During the 1930s, many militarists were willing to dismiss our world from