All men aged 18-25 had to completed 6 month unpaid in the RAD
Public work schemes were set to build school, autobans and hospitals
Women were not counted in unemployment figures
The army was rebuilt from 100,000 to 1.4 million; created jobs in factories producing weapons and ammunition
Unemployment figures went from 6.1 million in 1933 to 0.4 million in 1939