They shortened the war, barring nukes by about 12-18 months.So, how much did chaotic administration and overlapping military responsibilities contribute to the Third Reich's defeat?
They shortened the war, barring nukes by about 12-18 months.So, how much did chaotic administration and overlapping military responsibilities contribute to the Third Reich's defeat?
And Leros. People always say 'after Crete no jumping took place' but Leros is a massive, well-documented exception to that. If you add in gliders there's also Kos (22nd Luftlande) and Gran Sasso (nominally SS but really mostly FJR).A) Germany had large formations of Fallschirmsjägers all up to the end of the war.
B) They fought continuously on all fronts.
C) They were paradropped after Crete, though in small formations.
Yeah there was no reason it should have existed, it was his jumped up bodyguard/escort unit:So, it was basically a testament to Goering's ego that said unit even existed, right?
Depends how you define things.So, how much do you think was the Third Reich's administrative system structured for the personal benefit of Adolf Hitler? I'd personally say that it was quite heavily structured for Der Fuhrer's benefit as Nazi Germany had three land armies (regular Heer, Waffen-SS, and Luftwaffe ground troops), various competing economic planning agencies (the Four Year Plan, the Reichsbank, the Economics Ministry, and the Armaments Industry, to name a few), overlapping responsibilities in the command structure of the military, separate nuclear programs (the Army one, the one funded by the post office, and Goering's nuclear program), and competing design programs.
Some of the statements there like how the Post Office would have nuked the Sanitation Department if Germany had developed nukes and how the ministries and militaries of Nazi Germany would be at war within a year if ISOTed into an empty world are pure gold.While the NSDAP gave its gauleiters new powers, Hitler also let the preexistant administrative areas, whose borders sometimes crossed gaues.
For exemple, the ban on horse racing received exceptions for Munich after the local gauleiter complained.
For more exemples, see the thread How chaotic was Nazi organization?
Yeah there was no reason it should have existed, it was his jumped up bodyguard/escort unit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Fallschirm-Panzer_Division_Hermann_Göring
Though it should be noted the antecedent unit had been participating in a variety of missions including combat since 1938.
Depends how you define things.
As simplistic as it is, this video does generically define Hitler's structure of governance:
Some of the statements there like how the Post Office would have nuked the Sanitation Department if Germany had developed nukes and how the ministries and militaries of Nazi Germany would be at war within a year if ISOTed into an empty world are pure gold.