Complete notes on Speer & the wartime economy from the AQA Alevel History, Democracy & Nazism course from an A* student!!!
This includes information on;
- the mobilisation of the German economy
- the work of Albert Speer
- economic impact of allied bombing
- mobilisation of the workforce
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In 1941, there were Not able to use
For 2 3.3 million foreign the same tactics
years, workers in Germany as they had been
the relying on
German previously
This failure
economy USSR was to mobilise
Specifically in Eg Lu
failed to unprepared So essentially fully
Had previously the battle of Failed to
meet for a sudden were gaining resulted in
Foreign labourers made been fighting the Atlantic - achieve
their attack by its more labour with shortages
up 25% of the total countries 1 by 1 able to a quick
military ally the more of weapons Oil wa
Small businesses in non-essential German labour force which had been seriously put victory
requirements countries they & partic
trades were closed & their employees successful but down their when
transferred to war work occupied/annexed could not cope u-boats equipment problem
Another 7 million in G attacked initially it was r
In Oct 1941, the with 2 fronts invading for the
occupied countries doing countries German upon
Russian POWs Exploited USSR
However the work for the Nazis one by one armed man
could be used as foreign Technology of
full-scale conscription All businesses Shift to forces thing
slave labour countries eg the allies was
of labour for war work deemed fighting a Eg exploitation of
was not implemented By 1944 there To begin with, their workers v successful
non-essential for war on 2 slave labour in
in the early stages of From 1940 until spring were 7million the war is Germany had not bec
the war were fronts occupied territories
the war 1942, volunteer foreign victorious for G, as self-sufficient a
closed, and more In Lack of ends as they retreat
foreign workers were workers in however 1942 necessary
conscription of 1939-41 resources
recruited from Germany events marked
labour was 1942-45
occupied countries in the start of G's
introduced Germany had been preparing for war since the launch of They h
The number of Western Europe defeat
workers making After the invasion of the the 4 Year Plan in 1936, but the German economy was not establis
Why did Germany clear, c
consumer goods USSR in June 1941, fully mobilised for war until 1942
In order to This led to a speech by eventually fail? direction
was reduced, while increase there were increased
Goebbels in Feb 1943 numbers of POW The use of war eco
the numbers armaments calling on the German foreign labour The mobilisation of the German economy for war overlap
making munitions production, people to support a ' comp
increased labour had to be The defeat of German
Total War' effort Part of the answer secti
used more forces at Stalingrad in
to the shortage of
The wartime economy & For 2 years, the German economy failed to
efficiently early 1943 was a meet their military requirements
profound shock to the
labour for war the work of Speer
After war was declared, work was the use
Between 1940-45, more men were Nazi regime & brought Speer organised the economy to There was a
of foreign labour
US & British air conscripted into the about a re-evaluation of effectively cope with total war significant incre
From 1942 until He was
forces dropped armed forces. At the policies & priorities in production a
the end of the war orginally
around 1. 3million same time, there was H's chief result of the wo
in 1945, the British The work of
tons of bomb on increased demand for architect Speer, even wit
The mobilisation of The & Americans Albert Speer
Europe labour in the armaments the allied bomb
industries.
the labour force economic bombed German
impact of cities in an effort to Had a rubber stamp Problems
In Jan 1945, the Allied disrupt industrial which he used to order Speer was In 1941, Fritz
Approx. 410,000 Speer
Ministry of production & non-essential products given full Minister com
German civilians were bombing overcame
Armaments damage civilian back to their sender executive shortage of vita
calculated that the killed by Allied air raids morale powers to Russia but
bombing had The most Speer's efforts to Production of establish a
resulted in 35% Factories had to be heavily targeted increase non-essential Central
Speer was concerned to Was able to
fewer tanks being rebuilt & resources were areas were the production was goods Political Planning
prioritise more effectively. coordinate &
produced, 31% diverted to repair industrial cities hampered by the infighting Agency,
Campaigned against the control the wh
fewer aircraft and damage to infrastructure of the Ruhr like bombing which led to
allocation of vital resources production
42% fewer Lorries Essen impressive
to non-military uses process witho
Gauleiters results
There were interference
Steel In 1942, he detached an array of objections
production fell unnecessary metal fittings. Also Inadequate Biggest from people
by 200,000 tons bought in the use of ammunition & standardisation of who felt their This agency coordinated &
obstacles to a the production of armame
in the first 3 rationalised transport production equipment total war effort areas of
months of 1943 responsibility
Everything were being RESULTED
His position as minister cut little ice The alloca
is not as infringed eg IN:
with these powerful local figures labour & m
sufficient as goering
to armam
it should be, Uses his personal factor
prohibiting Still shortages
Prepared to use relationships with of vital raw
utilising H to his adv
blackmail, for Between
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