Results of the Four Year Plan

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The Second Four Year Plan was introduced in 1936 and the results of it showed that in many areas it failed to achieve its targets. The plan was meant to make Nazi Germany self-sufficient in all industrial goods so that the country was free from pressure asserted by overseas nations if they chose to curb Germany’s expansionist policy that Hitler wanted to start as soon as was possible. The Four Year Plan was put under the control of Hermann Goering and the statistics show that in some areas of industry Goering set absurdly high target figures that Nazi Germany simply was not in a position to hit – such as the production of synthetic oil.

 

 

Mineral/synthetic oil

 

1936: 1,790,000

1938: 2,340,000

1942: 6,260,000

 

 

Target: 13,830 thousands of gallons

 

 

Aluminium

 

 

1936: 98,000

1938: 166,000

1942: 260,000

 

 

Target: 273 thousands of tons

 

 

Buna rubber

 

 

1936: 700,000

1938: 5,000

1942: 96,000

 

 

Target: 120 thousands of tons

 

 

Nitrogen

 

 

1936: 770

1938: 914

1942: 930

 

Target: 1040 thousands of tons

 

 

 

Explosives

 

 

1936: 18,000

1938: 45,000

1942: 300,000

 

 

Target: 223 thousands of tons

 

 

 

Powder

 

 

1936: 20,000

1938: 26,000

1942: 150,000

 

 

Target: 217 thousands of tons

 

 

Steel

 

 

1936: 19,216

1938: 22,656

1942: 20,480

 

 

 

Target: 24,000 tons

 

 

 

Iron Ore

 

 

1936: 2255

1938: 3360

1942: 4137

 

 

Target: 5549 tons

 

 

 

Brown coal

 

 

1936: 161,382

1938: 194,985

1942: 245, 918

 

 

 

Target: 240,000 tons

 

 

 

Hard coal

 

 

1936: 158,400

1938: 186,186

1942: 166,059

 

 

Target: 213,000 tons

 

 

 

Output in thousands of tons

 

 

 

June 2012