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Economy Of Nazi Germany
Like many other nations at the time, Germany suffered the economic effects of the Great Depression, with unemployment soaring after the Wall Street crash of 1929. When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he introduced policies aimed at improving the economy. The changes included privatization of State-owned enterprise, state-owned industries, tariffs, and an attempt to achieve autarky (national economic self-sufficiency). Weekly earnings increased by 19% in real terms from 1933 to 1939, but this was largely due to employees working longer hours, while the hourly wage rates remained close to the lowest levels reached during the Great Depression. Reduced foreign trade would mean rationing of consumer goods like poultry, fruit, and clothing for many Germans. The Nazism, Nazis believed in war as the primary engine of human progress, and argued that the purpose of a country's economy should be to enable that country to fight and win wars of expansion. As such, almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Submarine Pens
The Valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of , built to produce and launch German U-boats during World War II. The factory was under construction from 1943 to March 1945 using forced labour, but was damaged by air-raids before U-boat production could begin. The Valentin factory was the largest fortified U-boat facility in Germany, and was second only to those built at Brest, France, Brest in France. As a manufacturing facility, it differed from conventional U-boat pens, which were designed to house and service operational U-boats. Construction Production of U-boats by German shipyards had been dramatically reduced as a result of bombing by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces, necessitating the creation of bomb-proof production sites. Many such sites were in use in 1944, including the U-boat pen ''Nordsee III'' on the German island of Helgoland, ''Fink II'' and ''Elbe II'' in Hamburg and ''Kilian'' in Kiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
