History A-Level
War production and employment
What War production and employment means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of War production and employment
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Rearmament and total war ended mass unemployment, with millions drawn into war production.
Topics that use War production and employment
- Paper 2, Option 2H.1: The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery - 3 Impact of the New Deal and the Second World War on the USA to 1945 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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