bombers were the only way Britain could defeat the Nazis
dropped bombs on factories to create more disruption
strike into the heart of Germany
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Ambitions
ambitions had been far too extreme
establish a 'greater Germany' went way beyond Germany's 1914 frontiers
destroy Bolshevik Russia
new order based on concept of Aryan racial supremacy
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Debt
deeply in debt
reserve in gold and foreign currencies were almost completely used up by 1989
Nazi state had run up a debt of 42 billion Richsmarks
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Hitler
lost view of defeating countries
focused on domination
focused on pure racial Germany
went mad, lost the plot
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Military problems
poor strategy
failed to secure Britain before attacking USSR
failure to defeat Soviet Union before onset of winter in 1941
entry of USA into war
Britain striking Germany with aerial bombing
USSR could maintain eastern front by relying on geographical size and sacrificing huge manpower
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Powerful US economy
just too powerful
1944 ratio of Germany's fuel supply compared to supply of western allies was 1:3
USA sent massive support to the allies
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Short of labour
from the start short of labour
millions of German workers required to keep up the industrial and agricultural production
gaps filled by forced labourers and an increase in female employment
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Soviet resources
soviet economy had undergone a ruthless industrialisation programme in the 1930s under Stalin and despite it's limitations, Russia had vast resources of human man power and raw materials
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The four year plan
meant to make Germany 'fit for war'
war economy decrees had been issued
went well beyond what they had and a limited war
military expenditure doubled
55% of labour force rapidly mobilised for war
few armaments
inefficiency and poor co-ordination
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USA and Russia
'operation Barbarossa' USSR invaded by Germany
Winter stalled German army as they were ill prepared for weather conditions
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