Nazi war economy
- Created by: leah.adelecc
- Created on: 02-05-18 17:49
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why did the economy start to fail
- did not think war would start until 1941
- Goring had poor relations with army leaders and banks
- different military branches needed weapons but this required skilled labourers which meant production was slow
- Goring was not educated in finacial policies , he wanted to build an economic empire
- different versions of the same weapon were designed which made standardisation difficult
- Hitler thought Britain and France would accept the invasion of Poland
what did they do to try to help the economy
- introduced rationing in 1939
- Germany had not become self sufficient which meant they had to import things such as oil which was greatly needed for the Luftwaffe
- countries like Swizerland and Sweadon sent resources like food to Germany as they were a nuetral country
- Hitler thought that by acquiring Lebansraum that he would also get the raw materails he needed. for instance, the Ukrain was a part of Russia that would give Germany grain
- when France was taken over they aquired military weapons
- Germany rpoved efficent at producing tanks at a rapid rate
- the Nazi soviet pact meant that Russia would send Germany foods such as grain while Germany would send them industrial materials
- due to rationing less money was spent which meant more money was in the bank which the Nazis could borrow to finance the war
- after operation Barbarossa in Russia Germany aquired a lot of tanks
- economic situation and the demands of war lead…
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