NAZI ECONOMY DURING THE WARTIME Success or not ?

NAZI REARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BEFORE THE WAR  Started in 1935, conscription  Occupations & invasions before WWII  Schachts policies; Measures to reduce unemployment and stimulate the economy, The New Plan  4-year plan, 1936; self-sufficiency, substitute production, synthetic materials ( artificial rubber), chemical industry ( synthetic fuel), steelworks, heavy machinery, strict regulations on foreign exchange, targets for private industry.

SPEER´S POLICY  Germany not ready for a long war, rearmament programmes only half completed  The Nazi victories because of the weaknesses of the enemies, but still created the image of self-confidence  F. Todt died 1942 and A. Speer was made minister of armaments: introduced his programme for the economy

SPEER´S PROGRAMME  The Central Planning Board established in 1942 to organise and rationalise production -Set norms for the use of the separately manufactured parts -Substitutes / raw material to be encouraged -Industrial capacity to be increased -Regulations of the manufacture of unnecessary goods -Schedules & comparison for outputs -Organised the distribution of labour, machinery and power supplies -Women´s role to be increased in the war factories -

SPEER´S SUCCESS?  Make a list dealing with the successes of Speer´s programme How successful was Nazi economic approach as a whole between ?