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Albert Speer's Contribution to the Nazi War Machine
Hitler's utmost confidence in Albert Speer developed from their mutual interest in architecture several years earlier. As a result, Speer was considered a close friend of Hitler's, which in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II allowed Speer to make a significant contribution to the Nazi war machine. Being described by Hitler as "the best I have" was a description that allowed him to assume the position of `Minister for Armaments and Munitions' in February 1942. Over the next three years Speer's position lead to the following: an increase in war munitions production, an increase in efficiency in various bureaucratic sectors, a rapid improvement of the German economy due to a differing interpretation of `total war,' and ultimately a prolonged...
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