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War Economy - Coggle Diagram
War Economy
economy in danger of over heating, prices rising
rearmament so ambitious, unlikely to be achieved in 1941
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1944 100,000 tonnes of steel made 40,000 tonnes of weapons-10,000 in 1941
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Poland (Sept 1939), Holland (March 1940), Belgium (March 1940), Norway (April 1940), France (May 1940) under Hitler's control-hid problems within economy
control of production in the hands of armed forces rather than heads of industry-every stage of production carried out by military engineers which set unreasonable standards-led to waste
1940 Ger unable to replace planes lost in Battle of Britain, 1941 inadequate equipment when he invaded Soviet Union
lack of planning = unreasonable interference by armed forces fixed by the Rationalisation Decree in Dec 1941-control of war economy to Minister of Armaments
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Central Planning Board-supported by several committees-considerable freedom + Speer still maintaining overall control
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standing in Speer's way:
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Speer lost out in quarrel with Himmler + Sauckel bc of use of women in industry + camp labour treated more humanely