Life during later war year, 1942-45

Life during later war year, 1942-45

•  Total war signalled by speech at Berlin Sportsplatz - Feb 1943
• Goebells caled for universal labour + closure of non-essential businesses.
• Gobbels wanted to improve production and productivity 
• Albert Speer appointed Reich Minister for Armament and Production - Sept. 1943
• German economy not fully geared for war

Speer overcame these problems by...

• Taking over direct control of war economy
• Factories given autonomy (self-responsibility)
• Armament field dividied accroding to weapon system
• Central planning committee took incrs. responsibility for war prod.
• Small firms closed - workers moved to bigger factories
• More and…