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