The great depression imposed a great deal on Germany, which left the German state in an economic drought. The German government invested a large amount of money during the war, which ultimately sped up and made a positive impact on economic recovery. Military spending was increased as a part of this program, and this had the benefits of generating employment through the military sector to all of the citizens of Germany at this time. Many people were also being employed by armament factories, and in construction projects for army bases, air force landing fields, and naval shipyards. Therefore, the German rearmament programs by the nationalist party also provided economic and social benefits. German rearmament took place when other nations were …show more content…
Hitler assumed that Great Britain could be left isolated for a defeat later. He perceived the Soviet Union as a threat and also believed that invading the Soviet Union would prevent the possibility of a war on two fronts. His idea was that this could bring Britain to negotiate with them. Moreover, it would help Japan in the east to contain the United States which could lower the possibility of American aid to Britain. Thus, Hitler had laid out a coherent strategy with Operation Barbarossa. In terms of political and economical power, the Soviet Union was the promised land of German Lebenstraum. Soviet oil, vast land and economics resources represented large economic advantages for Germany. Although Britain possessed the colonies of India and Middle-eastern nations, Hitler considered a Soviet defeat as the wisest and most beneficial event for the German future. However, Operation Barbarossa drove events in a different way than Hitler had imagined. On June 22, 1941 the Germans and its Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union. The German Nazis counted on Finish and Romanian troops to join them on the northern and southern end of the fronts. Hitler had assumed that the Finnish and Romanian would wish to reconquer the territories which they had lost to the Soviet Union. The German Army along with Finland, Italy, Hungary and Slovakia had manpower numbering 3.8 million fighting against the Soviet strength of 2.9 million men and women. The army was divided into three groups. Army Group North which was charged with control of the Baltic and taking the city of Leningrad, Army Group Center was headed to the city of Smolensk and ultimately Moscow, and Army Group was in charge of taking over Ukraine and Caucasus. The German Army had tremendous gains at the beginning of this massive operation. After