A 1939 article that appeared some four months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War regarding the size and abilities of the German Army:
“The German Army is the greatest enterprise in the world. It has a million employees on it’s payrolls, the active officers and soldiers, and, at a conservative estimate, feeds another million workers in the munitions industry. Actually the army employs all of Germany. Military needs alone determine the way of life in the besieged fortress into which 80 million Germans have more or less willingly formed themselves.”
The German economist who made the rearmament possible was named Hjalmar Schacht, click here to read about him…
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