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History of the Second World War

27: The Third Reich Pt. 13 - Show Me the Money

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

While not a priority for the new Nazi government, the German economy would have to be considered if it wanted to accomplish its goals. Sources: The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans Germany and the Second World War Volume 1: The Build-Up of German Aggression by Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, and Wolfram Wette Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw The Third Reich by Thomas Childers The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer France and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland, 1936 by Stephen A. Schuker The First Capitulation: France and the Rhineland Crisis of 1936 by R.A.C. Parker (1956) France, Germany, and the Saar by A.J.P. Taylor (1952) The Franco-Polish Alliance and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland by George Sakwa French Intelligence and Hitler's Rise to Power by Peter Jackson Great Britain and the Saar Plebiscite of 13 January 1935 by C.J. Hill Hitler, Intelligence and the Decision to Remilitarize the Rhine by Zach Shore Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933 by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. Prologue to Peacekeeping: Ireland and the Saar, 1934-35 by Michael Kennedy Fantasy and Reality in Nazi Work-Creation Programs, 1933-1936 by Dan P. Silverman Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones Causes and Consequences of the Plebiscite in the Saar by E.W (1955) The Purge of the SA Reconsidered: "An Old Putschist Trick"? by Eleanor Hancock The Remilitarization of the Rhineland and its Impact on the French-Polish Alliance by Roman D. Bicki (1969) Rohm and Hitler: The Continuity of Political-Military Discord by David Jablonsky The German Roman Catholic Hierarchy and the Saar Plebiscite of 1935 by Guenter Lewy (1964) Saar Coal After Two World Wars by O.R. Reischer Schacht's Regulation of Money and the Capital Markets by Arthur Schweitzer (1948) The Myth of Chancellor Von Schleicher's Querfront Strategy by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. The Struggle for Control of the German Economy by Amos E. Simpson The Nazi State and German Society: A Brief History with Documents by Robert G. Moeller Franz von Papen, Catholic Conservatives, and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1933-1934 by Larry Eugene Jones Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones British Establishment Perspectives on France, 1936-1940 by Michael Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War, Episode 27, The Third Reich, Part 13, show me the money.

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After the Nazi government took power in 1933, an important aspect of its policy

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revolved around the economy. Like many nations around the world, Germany had been hard

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hit by the Great Depression, and by early 1933, it was not clear that it was on the path to recovery.

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The economic and unemployment crisis, which had been one of the reasons that so many Germans

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had abandoned their support for the more traditional political parties, and had shifted to

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parties that wanted to drastically reshape the German society, like the Nazis, was still

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