nazi war economy
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- Created on: 20-03-21 15:52
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- The War Economy
- The War Economy 1939-45
- Blitzkreig 1939-40
- Lightening war - strategy used by Hitler in 1939-40
- Conscription + compulsory military decreased unemployment but made economy expand too quickly
- food, consumer good shortages, trade unbalanced, gov expenditure had increased (wages, focus on rearmament) - hard to finance - discontent from working class
- Hitler had hoped for a series of Blitzkreig wars before German economy was ready for major war 1943 - due to discontent + diplomatic movements - Hitler pushed into major war Sep 1939
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- DAF (German labour front) working hours increased from 43h/w (1933) to 47h/w (1939) - pressured to do overtime
- Clothes, food and essentials (e.g soap) rationed from Nov 1939
- Hot water only permitted x2 week
- Total War 1941-45
- 1941 - Rationalisation Decree - aimed to eliminate waste of labour + materials
- Turning Point - Speer appointed Minister of Armaments in Feb 1542
- ref. as architect of Hitler's Germany + had a good relationship w/ Hitler
- Operation Barbosa - invasion of USSR June 1941 - drain on overstretched economy
- For Lebrensarum + resources (Manchurian + Abyssinian)
- Speer harnessed working population better - aim changed to meet demands of total war economy (purely war production)
- 55% work war related = 20% decrease in civilian consumption
- War production never reached capacity levels + autarky not working
- poor coordination - failure to make efficient use of working population
- war outbreak - increased conscription but ignorance of critical sectors that needed help - shortages
- Speer possibly biggest success (what is Schacht had more time?) but resources being diverted away (Holocaust) and overstretched economy = underachieve
- war outbreak - increased conscription but ignorance of critical sectors that needed help - shortages
- Blitzkreig 1939-40
- The War Economy 1939-45
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