Few decades have a neat a breaking point as
the 1920s. In Ocotber of 1929 the Stock Market crashed, and by the first
quarter of 1930 the country was in a depression. Even so, much of
the research that is valid for the 20s holds true for the 30s as well.
As with the other supplemental pages, this page cannot provide comprehensive
coverage of the 30s, but focuses on sources of use to gamers. The Second
World War Started in 1939, and WWII links will generally appear here.
Film Noir
A summary of the classic films
of the Film Noir genre, mostly from the 1940s.
Remniscences
of the Great Depression
Personal accounts of life in the
Depression.
Timeline
of the Great Depression
The seminal event of the 1930s
A
Visit to Peenemünde Today
This is really apropos to the 40s,
but the German Rocket program is certainly of interest to anyone running
an espionage campaign set just before the Second World War.
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