WI: Speer and others fail to pull the German economy together 1943

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Speer was able to significantly improve German war production by centralizing authority under himself (there were as many as five "supreme authorities" directing war production before) and by fully putting the German economy on war footing, and get rid of blatant inefficiencies in production. What if he and others simply fail to do so, or do as much, due to the politics of Nazi germany? Let's say Hitler on whim personally decide to put less competent people in charge after Todt died (say Goering), or leave the German economy bitterly divided between different agencies.
 
The war is much shorter, likely more than a year shorter. It's hard to be sure really, The regime and generals wont be any more inclined to quit and the Red Army will advance faster.

The post-war settlement will be greatly changed and a lot more Nazi prisoners and Soviets will survive.
 
Speer was able to significantly improve German war production by centralizing authority under himself (there were as many as five "supreme authorities" directing war production before) and by fully putting the German economy on war footing, and get rid of blatant inefficiencies in production. What if he and others simply fail to do so, or do as much, due to the politics of Nazi germany? Let's say Hitler on whim personally decide to put less competent people in charge after Todt died (say Goering), or leave the German economy bitterly divided between different agencies.

The war ends sooner but as the Western Allies didn't believe they were ready for a cross channel in 1943 then the Soviets are across the Oder by about June 1944. The war maybe over before the Normandy landings. The Allies are able to drive a little further up Italy but otherwise the war simply ends sooner with the Soviets in an even stronger position in Europe.

On the positive side millions of lives are saved and Britain is a little less bankrupt without suffering the V weapon attacks. The Allies transfer forces to the Asian theatre and the British clear Burma a few months earlier and are able to land in Malaya. The Americans have more troops available for the Pacific. There may be a debate about whether to continue the Manhatten Project. If it gets cancelled or scaled down then we are into very strange post war territory.
 
Speer wasnt exatly responsible for the "Armants Miracle". All the things that spiked in production were on a conveyor belt of sorts, with many many months being needed to get them fully built. He just took the credit for it.
 
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