78: Germany Prepares for War Pt. 1 - Overview

In 1936 Germany began to seriously prepare for a future conflict, and almost immediately began to run into some economic problems.

Sources:

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze

War and Economy in the Third Reich by R.J. Overy

The Wehrmacht and German Rearmament by Wilhelm Deist

The Third Reich and Yugoslavia: An Economcy of Fear, 1933-1941 by Perica Hadzi-Jovancic

Hitler A Biography

Hitler's Eagles by Chris McNab

Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940 by Robert M. Citino

The Blitzkrieg Myth by John Mosier

The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939 by Robert M. Citino

1930s German Doctrine: A Manifestation of Operational Art by Tal Tovy

The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II by John Mosier

The Origin of the Term "Blitzkrieg": Another View by William J. Fanning Jr.

Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Unition 1919-1939 by Mary R. Habeck

Hitler's Eagles by Chris McNab

Military Innovation in the Interwar Period Edited By Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett

Ship-of-the-Line or Atlantic Raider? Battleship Bismarck Between Design Limitations and Naval Strategy by Timothy P. Mulligan

Strategy for Defeat the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray

Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History by William H. Garzke Jr., Robert O. Dulin Jr., and William Jurens

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