Industrial mobilisation for World War II: a German comparison*
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In World War II, the Soviet mobilisation of industry appears to have been more successful than the German. Yet in terms of prewar resources and ex ante mobilisation potential there is no obvious reason why this should have been the case. In production, resources, and mobilisation preparations there were many similarities. The obvious differences were mostly to the Soviet disadvantage. Yet the Soviet economy produced weapons on a larger scale than Germany, and more of Soviet war production came earlier in the war. How can this be explained? By a process of elimination, I arrive at the factor of mass production. In Why the Allies won, Richard Overy emphasised the role played by ‘American and Soviet productionism’ in contrast to ‘Germany’s bureaucratised economy’. Drawing on the copious evidence of memoirs, official reports, and war production statistics, he wrote:
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