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Flashcards by Caroline Ambrose, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Caroline Ambrose
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| Question | Answer |
| How many more tanks did the USSR have compared to Germany in the early stages of the war? | 2600 |
| Give two examples of how chaotic organisation hindered the economy | Gauleiters interfered with plans. The SS, army and the Ministry of Armaments and Economics all had control over armaments production |
| What did Hitler do in an attempt to increase war production? | Issued decrees |
| What % of the workforce were in war related projects in 194? | 55% |
| From 1939-41, what happened to German military expenditure? | Doubled |
| How many more aircraft did Britain have compared to Germany in 1941? | double |
| What was Goering's role and what did this mean? | Plenipotentiary for the Office of the Four Year Plan 1936 - limitless authority over the economy |
| What did Goering do wrong? Give an example | He made strategic mistakes - refused to introduce mass production of aircraft |
| What meant Goering did not work effectively in 1939? | His morphine addiction |
| Even though production levels rose, why were they still a failure? | They were out produced by the USA and the USSR |
| How did labour shortages hold them back? Give 2 examples | Women were not fully mobilised and there was a heavy reliance on foreign workers |
| How many foreign workers were there in 1942? | 6.4 million |
| Productivity of foreign workers was what % lower than the average worker and why? | 60-80% and because of the poor treatment and conditions |
| Ersatz good could not fully compensate what? | Coal and oil shortages |
| Why did Germany have to divert to defensive measures? | Allied bombing |
| What % of women worked at the start of the war? | 52% |
| Why was women labour not used effectively? | They failed to exploit their current labour or conscript them |
| How did Stalin's scorched earth policy hinder the Germans? | They couldn't exploit their resources. Eg. the Donbass region's output of coal was only 5% of their pre-war levels |
| What was Todt's role in 1942 and what did he do? | Head of the Ministry of Armaments - simplified armaments production |
| After Todt, who was appointed as Minister of Munitions and when? | Speer, Feb 1942 |
| Speer's power was extended to what in Sept. 1943? | Minister for Armaments and Production |
| What did Speer's new role mean? | He was responsible for all industry and raw materials |
| What was the first thing Speer did? | Developed Todt's Central Planning Board to coordinate economic organisation and give the industry more freedom |
| What happened to German war production from 1942-44? | It trebled |
| What was one of Speer's aims in relation to the military? | Exclude them from economic planning |
| What did tank production rise by under Speer? | 25% |
| What did Speer do with prisoners? | Used them as labour |
| Ammunition production rose by what under Speer? | 97% |
| What did Speer try to do, with limited success? | Encouraged the employment of women |