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The 1930s were stressful for Britain’s economic and political events. In addition to the Great Crash, major bankruptcies, soaring unemployment, the rise of Nazism in Germany, the Spanish Civil War and Italian adventures in Africa created a climate of economic stress and political turbulence and a feeling of apprehension about a coming war.
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© 2009 Robert L. Carter OBE and Peter Falush
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Carter, R.L., Falush, P. (2009). Insurance during World War II. In: The British Insurance Industry Since 1900. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230239524_4
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