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So Germans had tons and tons of steel and coal going into WWII, and acquired tons of slave labor along the way, and had the financial acumen to fund more war materiel than they actually produced. With those four main inputs, what was the most they could have gotten out of their resources if their production management hadn't been as staggeringly bad as OTL? They certainly had the resources to beat the Soviets in tank production, but what's the largest tank/air force they could keep fueled, either with natural oil, or with converted coal? After they've built the largest combat vehicle fleet they can manage to keep fueled, what do they do with the leftover steel and coal? Build more railroads and rolling stock? More towed artillery?
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