World War Two - Early/Late and whole

+ Morale of population
+ Blitzkrieg early victories
+ Rationing
+ War Economy Decree
+ Regime reluctant to conscript women
+ Cultural life relatively unaffected
+ Air raids
+ Invasion of the Soviet Union
- Shortages of 'luxury' food stuffs
- Food rationing based on age/occupation/race - manual labour received more food
- Euthenasia action
- SD (Security Service)
- Rise in food prices
- Harsher criminal code
- Reluctance to conscript old women
- Soviet Union

+ Support from the population
- 1942 German defeats in North Africa
+ Increased the resolve
- 1943-45 Stalingrad 'Total war' and defeat
- Opposition groups
- D-Day on 6th June 1944
- Bomb plot 1944
- Communists after 1945
+/- Goebbels Propaganda
- Women conscription
- Working hours increased - increased food rationing leading to shortages and real hunger
- Hitler's nihilistic (destructive) behaviour in 1945

1942-45

• Morale
• Blitzkrieg
• Rationing
• War Economy Decree
• Women
• Cultural life
• Air raids
• Soviet invasion
• Youth
• Euthenasia
• SD security service
• Food prices
• Criminal code

• Defeats in North Africa
• Allied bombing
• Stalingrad
• Total war
• Opposition groups
• D-Day
• 1944 Bomb plot
• Goebbels propaganda
• Women
• Working hours
• Hitler
• Communist opposition

• Psychologically and physically
• People had been expecting closer relations
• Fighting on two fronts
• Increased hardship
• Hitler made mistakes - troops sent without proper clothing/prop could not disguise morale decline
• Stalingrad
• By 1941 it was clear that Blitzkrieg had failed
• Treatment of German POWS (Prisoners of war)

• German economy not fully prepared for war
• Nazi economy not really ready for major war as result had to ration food + basics e.g. food, clothes, clothes, toilet paper
• Much of pop. in war related industries - pressures resulting from premature outbreak of war create probs as many major projects involving rearmament not ready in 39
• Much farmland used to build fortifications + airfields + had an impact of food production
• Nazi agricultural policies not popular in 30's, many comtinued to migrate to towns in search of better work, some cases Labour shortages
• Confusion in Nazi leadership between ST needs and LT plans
• Series of different economic organisations functioned in their own way, often creating chaos
• Huge drive towards rearmament pressure food production
• Intro rationing meant everyone received fair share of food + morale maintained. During war was difficult for Germany to gain food imports
• Four Year Plan from 36 not fully successful in creating economic self-suffciency

• Stalingrad meant need to recapture initiative, regime stated defeat would not occur and only admitted in final hour
• Goebbels needed to motivate G people as gvt feared hostile reaction to war
• Nazi gvt feared revolt amongst G people as SD reports showed decline in morale
• Goebbels needed to get G people to accept greater control + sacrifice. Working hours increase + from Jan 43 women conscripted into factories
• War no longer one of conquest but survival and little option but to support war effort. Fear Soviet Union would seek revenge on G
• Allied bombings taken toll by 43 w/ high no. casualties + deaths. Thousands of homes destroyed/damaged + industry + war production had been severly affected