Compared to other european nations, why did it take france the longest to recover from the great depression?

B) It had a weak economic infrastructure due to a lack of large corporations.

Explanation:

France suffered the effects of Great Depression later than other European nations and WWII interrupted its recovery.

Explanation:

France made different economic choices in comparison to other European countries. First of All, France  invested in gold instead of stocks, which was a good choices as gold was a safe invesment against the early effects of Great Depression. It was during  the 1930s when France started to have severe problems with unemployment and production got stucked unlike other European countries which faced  problems since the 1920s. This is why France's process of overcoming the Great Depression came a across with the beginning of Wolrd War II when Germany attacked Poland, France's ally, and conducted a not completely recovered country into war.

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