For Italy, they were spies who collected top secret knowledge for the Allied Powers. They were U.S. soldiers who fought off the enemy successfully. They were British troops leaving their units to join the enemy.
Ancient Greece only had few materials because they were surrounded by water and other countries had the goodies
This is false. There were several Five Year Plans in the Soviet Union, but the original Five Year Plan was pursued by Stalin, who sought to collectivize the agricultural system in order to speed up industrialization.
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In fact, The Great Depression was a worldwide problem. In 1928, Germany, Brazil, and economies of Southeast Asia were depressed. Then, in early 1929, the economy of Poland, Argentina, and Canada was contracting, affecting the U.S. economy in the middle of 1929.