Investors sold more than 16 million shares of stock.
The stock market crashed.
Long standing prejudice against the Jews, gypsies and the other groups targeted.
Prejudice against the Jews had been encouraged by the Church for centuries. In the period from about 1870 onwards the traditional, religious prejudices were supplemented by all kinds of racist prejudices and by new stereotypes. One of the most destructive of these was the view from about 1918 onwards of Jews as Communists.
Fascism and racism
Businesses that could keep operating
Iwo Jima involved a major land battle.
By using Lend-Lease to send supplies.
The United States gave Britain aid without waiting for payment. APEX!
Almost all of the Japanese fought to their deaths.
The movie industry
Their attacks were hard to defend against
Civilian Conservation Corps
Speakeasies and bootleggers were a product of: Prohibition.
The terrible winter weather
island hopping