Did world war 2 end the Great Depression?

Answer 1

It did not end the depression. We did have a lot of people go to work that had been unemployed, but that came from the government spending money on things for war. The funds that the government spent came from taxes paid by citizens. At the end of the war, we were really still in a depression, but we had built up manufacturing capability (to make the tools of war). So when the huge amounts of people all over the world needed to buy goods to rebuild after the war, the US was in a good position to sell them those items - that did solve the depression.

Answer 2

Yes it did. The Depression didn't end that soon, the Great Depression ended in 1941 which is also when the US got involved in the war. The economy was almost back to normal before that, but there was another large recession in 1937. Some people make the case that the Great Depression wasn't over until the war was over.

Answer 3

Correction, it did not end the depression world wide. The US was just coming out of the depression in 1940 and England was still in the depression and that did not end for ten years past the end of the war. Many countries did not pull out of the depression for many years.

The US hit an economic boom during the war because they were making money building ships, planes, military vehicles, uniforms, boats, weapons, bombs and ammo. So people were working again and the depression ended in the US. Women worked and that added to their incomes. They could not really spend all the money they were earning. Most saved it up and spent it after the war to buy houses and cars and furniture.

Answer 4

It provided many jobs so people could get back to work. People joined the army or got jobs in factories making supplies for the war. (such as bullets, guns, and uniforms.)

This would prove to be the same way that Germany pulled itself out of its bad economy- Military Armament. In both cases, unemployment dropped dramatically.