1930-1939 : The Great Depression -- 1930 : Plastis, Pluto and the rise of Nazism -- 1931 : War in the East, building in the West -- 1932 : The West sinks into depression -- 1933 : New Deal versus National Socialism -- 1934 : The Long Knives and the long march -- 1935 : Germany rearms and italy goes to war -- 1936 : War in Spain and the birth of the Axis powers -- 1937 : Atrocities and disasters, show trials and Snow White -- 1938 : Kristallnacht and peace in our time -- 1939 : War engulfs the world once more -- Winners and achievers of the decade.