Think, think, think...

So, I have been racking my brain and googling away trying to figure out which community I really want to focus on for our project. It's not proving to be as easy as I was hoping to find a community with decent sources or information, especially outside of the US.

One area of industry that really caught my attention actually came up in one of my other history courses today. When Germany was violating the Treaty of Versaille in the years leading up to the "Phony War" and then to WWII, they're economy boomed while they worked for military rearmament leading to almost full employment (helping to pull Germany out of the Great Depression) At the same time, the armament industry in Great Britain was leading economic turmoil because of the use of resources, as well as an unemployment rate of about 1.5 million. This time period is interesting to me, and I think that there is a lot to be said for the armament industries in both countries. While these are countries and not small communities, you can see the impact on the individual on both countries, and the impact of Germany's choice to rearm in the long run as well. The impact of the division of armament workers and soldiers led to economic prosperity for Germany, and economic downfall and unemployment for Great Britain. I was also thinking more research and resources may be able to provide specific communities in either country which were heavily impacted by rearmament.

This was just a thought that I stumbled upon, it will definitely take some more searching to see if it would be possible to swing either topic (GB, or Germany) If anyone has any suggestions let me know!

Hope your search is going well, I know I am having a hard time finding a topic to really commit to!

-Stace

German Rearmament factory (Tank Production)