How bad was Nazi administration?

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.
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).

Now about German economic measures, it was a sham. Literally, it was only kept alive through the National-socialist Völkisch attitude of denying facts in favour of the will of 'the people'. I forgot the name but there was a parallel currency to that effect. Once the war broke out it was enough to distract people from the piss-poor economic proceedings, helped by regular injections from looting occupied countries (Göring had his own office in charge of that) and of course forced labour.
 
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.
 
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So, it was basically a testament to Goering's ego that said unit even existed, right?
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.

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.
Depends how you define things.
As simplistic as it is, this video does generically define Hitler's structure of governance:

 
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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?
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.
 
One of the most chaotic thing was the competition between Reichsstatthalters and Gauleiters.

The gaues were territorial divisions of the NSDAP and led by a gauleiter appointed by the führer. They all had roughly the same size.
The länders were essentially the old federal states and administrated by a reichsstatthalter appointed by ... the führer. The länders greatly differed in size (compare Prussia to Hamburg) and the borders of the gaus didn't match with the borders of the länders.

Now sometimes the gauleiter and the reichsstatthalter were the same person, but most of the time it was a gigantic mess.
 
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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:


The problem is that Hitler multiplied the keys and gave them overlapping functions ... divide et impera, dux!

Also this video has some flaws. For example, popular support (through lower taxes for example) and educated citizens are as important for democracies as for dictatorships. A dictator relying only on the generals and bureaucrats will face a popular revolt sooner or later, while a democrat leader opposing corruption will be able to use popular support as a tool against influential persons trying to bribe him - or demandig rewards. Ruthless dictatorships don't stay in power very long, and a democratic ruler with an inconsitent program will be elected out of office sooner or later.

For example, the French president Hollande did everything to please the European Union, the financial sector and over privileged classes, but his approval ratings were so low that he didn't even stood for reelection. Hollande's actions not only looked stupid, they were stupid.
 
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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.

Reminds me of the old joke about the divide within Imperial Japan's military. Namely that if you ask a IJA officer who the number one enemy of Japan is he'd answer the IJN.
 
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