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'''''The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy''''' is a book of historical non-fiction about the economical history of [[Nazi Germany]] by Adam Tooze. Starting after [[World War I]], he traces the economic history of of Germany from the potentially different path the Weimar Republic pursued and then the Nazi government's economic policy until the end of 1945's ignominious end of [[World War II]]. Unlike many other histories, in which economics were subsumed into discussions of broader topics such the politics of the Nazi state, this book remains almost entirely focused on the economic aspects of the Nazi regime, with all other subjects secondary.

 

 

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* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: As Allied bombers kept hitting the Ruhr Valley, it crippled many resources critical to all of the German war industry and even civilian needs by a considerable margin, despite attempts to mitigate the damage.

* [[Bad Boss]]: '''Hitler'''. He was prone to making demands on industry for quotas that at times ''[[Holy Shit Quotient|''exceeded the global capacity of the entire world]]'' and would not take no for an answer. Those who insisted on saying no risked everything from their careers to their personal safety, especially in the later years of the Nazi regime.

 

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