The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about ten years and was devastating to the farmers, especially those in the Southern Plains of the US. The agricultural devastation of the Dust Bowl probably increased the severity and length of the depression. Farming was an economic roller coaster prior to the depression. The poor agricultural practices at the time only increased the effects of the drought, when it came. The land had been plowed and planted over and over again during good years. When the drought hit, the farmers continued to plow and plant, but the ground had lost its ability to produce and there was little ground cover left to protect what there was of top soil. The winds simply blew the dirt away. Many farmers simply could not survive and they packed up their families and moved west. MrV The drought ended in the fall of 1939 and the US entered the war over two years later, so it had little effect on farmers DURING World War 2.
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American soldiers were called "doughboys" in World War I. The origin of the nickname is not known for sure but some speculate that it came from the white chalky dust that covered them after a long march.
Shelby Foote described General Ulysses S. Grant as "a dust-covered man on a dust-covered horse" in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary. (New Respondent) One of the theories about the death of Stonewall Jackson is that his patrol came back to camp covered in dust, and the sentry couldn't tell whether their uniforms were grey or blue.
Not in the way you might think, no. The United States did give (West) Germany a "hand up" to get on it's feet after World War II with various kinds of aid, yes. Germany was literally flattened into the dust by World War II. Thanks mostly to the industriousness of the German people, and the excellent leadership of Konrad Adenauer, their recovery was almost miraculous.
Take it this way a single speck of dust is made up of a few trillion. Yeah pretty small!
That is affirmative. Dustoff He was with Chu-Lai Dust-Off then went up north and flew with the 571st.