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Nazi Germany's preparation for war: evidence from revised industrial investment series

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To date we lack reliable data on the degree of industrial investment in the Third Reich. Additionally, our comprehensive knowledge of the quantitative significance of the war-related industrial branches is extremely fragmented. Precise figures are, however, crucial if we are to arrive at a correct depiction of the political economy of the Third Reich. Based on previously neglected sources, it will be shown that, beginning in 1936/7, Germany experienced a spectacular investment boom, primarily targeted at broadening the industrial foundation for war. The findings of this article are relevant to several historiographical debates, calling into question both the older Blitzkrieg account and the conventional view of the armaments miracle.

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  • Scherner, Jonas, 2010. "Nazi Germany's preparation for war: evidence from revised industrial investment series," European Review of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(3), pages 433-468, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ereveh:v:14:y:2010:i:03:p:433-468_00
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    1. Cristiano Andrea Ristuccia & Adam Tooze, 2013. "Machine tools and mass production in the armaments boom: Germany and the United States, 1929–44," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 66(4), pages 953-974, November.
    2. Rainer Fremdling & Reiner Staeglin, 2014. "Editor's choice Output, national income, and expenditure: an input–output table of Germany in 1936," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 18(4), pages 371-397.
    3. Felice, Emanuele & Carreras, Albert, 2012. "When did modernization begin? Italy's industrial growth reconsidered in light of new value-added series, 1911–1951," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 49(4), pages 443-460.

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