In March 1940 a Ministry of Munitions was set up under Fritz Todt., On 3 December 1941, Hitler issued the Fuhrer Order on the Simplification and Increased Efficiency in Armaments Production., In February 1942, Albert Speer (pictured) was appointed Todt’s successor in the Post of Minister of Armaments and War Production., By May 1940 there were 3.5 million less workers in the workforce than a year before., In August 1942, a compulsory labour decree for all occupied territories was issued., In January 1943, women between the ages of 17 and 45 were obliged to sign up for work, although out of this only some 400,000 were recruited., The move to total war was signalled by Goebbels in a speech at the Berlin Sportsplatz in February 1943., In the manufacture of munitions, output per worker rose by 60% between 1939 and 1944 despite the disruption caused by Allied bombing., Between 1941 and 1943, the production of all weapons grew by 130%., In early 1945 Allied forces crossed the borders of Germany and Hitler demanded a policy of ‘scorched earth’.,

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