Use this History and Western Heritage video entitled Europe and the Great Depression to study the worldwide difficulties caused by the Great Depression, which began in 1929, was the most serious disruption in European economic life since the advent of industrialization. Despite numerous problems, mostly related to the Great War and the Versailles Treaty, by the mid-1920s mild optimism appeared justified. A reduction of reparation payment schedules and a growing atmosphere of trust, which was associated with the Locarno Conference in 1925, suggested that the "war to end all wars" was finally over.
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