4 September 1936 - Goering put in charge of Four Year Plan
priority given to Autarky and rearmament
office of the four year plan issued regulations controlling foreign exchange, labour, raw materials and prices
Aims
German armed forces must be operational within four years
German economy must be fit for war within four years
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Success or Failure
aims of autarky were to increase production of key commodities e.g iron and food
developed ersatz (substitution) products e.g using coal to produce oil
by 1939 Germany still dependent on foreign imports for a third of raw materials
expansion replaced autarky
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How significant was the drive for rearmament?
example of radicalisation in the Nazi regime
'guns or butter' debate (military need vs consumer goods and food)
Tim Mason - Hitler hindered by needing to supply both
Richard Overy - periods of economic development (1933-6 public works, economic revival and 1936-9 rearmament) shows that there was no debt, as time was spend on both aspects
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