13: The Great Depression Pt. 3 - London and Paris
History of the Second World War
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The French Economy During the Depression
From 1932 to 1936, just four years at the depth of the economic crisis in France, there would be 11 different governments in power. This level of governmental churn was not totally out of the ordinary for the French government during the interwar years. During the entire period after Prime Minister Clemenceau's government was replaced on January 20th, 1920, until the start of the Second World War,. There would be 31 different French cabinets that would serve for an average of 214 days. Not all of these governments would be replaced due to economic considerations, but over the course of the 11, five of them would be directly attributable to the inability of the French government to find an economic policy that worked
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