Ignore all the following“The handling of the economy was poorly co-ordinated and this accounts for the weaknesses in German war production in the years 1939-45” How far do you agree with this view?

These questions is asking you about efficiency but relating it to a specific focus of war production. You will need knowledge of war production figures and statistics as well as the some of the production before the war, as well as knowing in what ways the government structure was inefficient. • First consider the structure of the government, you may mention the structuralist vs intentionalist debate. Remember that the Nazi government was dualist and many departments overlapped, especially in the role of the economy and labour direction. You may want to mention how the war production stared before WW2 with the introduction of the Five Year Plan etc. • Consider the factors behind war production and the role of people such as Speer ...

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