The Great Depression (1993) Episode 7 ∙ Arsenal of Democracy By 1939 Americans were still struggling to end the Great Depression.
Their dreams of peace and prosperity were celebrated at World's Fairs in New York and San Francisco, but prosperity did not come in peacetime.
Millions fled the "dust bowl" states to finally find work in new defense industries.
While the New Deal changed America forever, it was war that ended the Great Depression.
