Germany at War, 1939-1945

Overview
1. Conquest, '39-'42
  1. '39 Poland
  2. Spring 1940
    1. Norway
    2. Demark
    3. May-June 1940
      1. Holland
      2. Belgium
      3. France
  3. June 1941: Barbarossa
2. Decisive Reverses, '42-'43
  1. Staligrad
  2. Kursk
  3. El Alamein
3. Retreat, '43 - '45
  1. Russian Advance
    1. Poland mid '44
  2. June '44 D Day
Political Developments
1. Radicalisation
  1. Removal non Nazi conservatives
    1. Schacht
  2. Holocaust
  3. Roma & Sinti
  4. T-4
2. Hitler's Disappearance
  1. military headquarters
  2. Goebbels public face
3. Resistance
  1. Rote Kapelle
  2. White Rose
  3. Kreisau Circle
  4. Beck-Goerdeler
  5. July Plot
The Economy
1. foreign resources
  1. France
    1. coal
    2. iron ore
    3. military equipment
  2. Romania
    1. Oil
  3. S Russia
    1. wheat
  4. labour
    1. slave labour
      Nota:
      - Treated atrociously. BMW, IG Farben, Messerchmitt, Krupps
    2. 1944: 8 million
    3. SS
    4. unskilled
2. lack
  1. Oil: not enough from:
    1. synthetics:
    2. Romania
  2. skilled labour
    1. aircraft fitters
    2. electricians
3. Albert Speer
  1. Armaments Minister
  2. industrial production
    1. streamlined
    2. concentrated
    3. trebled by '44
  3. delayed defeat
Impact of War on Society
1. military casualties
  1. 3 million KIA
  2. 1945: 1.47 million
2. BOMBING
  1. 300,000 killed
  2. 7 million homeless
  3. the Ruhr
    1. Hamburg
    2. Dresden
  4. fear & misery
  5. didn't break morale
3. Refugees
  1. Soviet Advance
  2. 1945
  3. fled West
  4. 5 million
4. Women
  1. rationing
  2. work
  3. Berlin 100,000
5. Propaganda
  1. Goebbels
  2. 'total war'
  3. RUSSIANS!
  4. 'miracle weapons'
  5. '43-'45 support ebbed
Why did Germany Lose?
1. Economic Resources
  1. Britain, Russia, USA
  2. 1940?
  3. Stalin?
2. Effective Allied Forces
  1. '42-'45
  2. training
  3. organisation
  4. tactics
  5. leadership
  6. EASTERN FRONT!
    1. Kursk!
3. Hitler's mistakes
  1. Britain
    1. declared war
  2. Russia
    1. didn't collapse
  3. USA
    1. vast production
  4. Stalingrad
4. Bombing
  1. output -20%
  2. resources: rebuild
  3. luftwaffe
    1. combat bombers
    2. not invasion

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