Quick plan

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The Schnellplan was a German armaments plan decided on August 13, 1938 by the Reich Office for Economic Development . It served to prepare for the Second World War . It was ordered to increase the capacities of powder , explosives and warfare agent production to the level of the maximum emissions of the First World War .

The plan

Expansion goals of the express plan (details in monthly tons)
Area Target
1939 		Target
1941 		Max.
1st WW 		Is Nov.
1939
powder 13,250 16,700 13,000 6,800
explosive 13,600 18,600 14,000 12,700
Warfare agent 2,900 7,500 3,000 -

With the express plan, German industry's readiness for war was assured for autumn 1939. The express plan was part of the new military generation plan (also called Krauchplan or Carinhallplan ). The quick plan was drawn up by Carl Krauch (board member of IG Farben ). In addition to mineral oil , synthetic rubber , aluminum and magnesium , the production of explosives, powders and warfare agents in particular should not only be ensured but also increased considerably.

The quick plan document was Exhibit Number NI-8797 in the IG Farben Trial.

According to the historian Dietrich Eichholtz , on the basis of this document , Hitler set the start of the war in 1939. By the end of 1939, the German Reich had neither achieved the intended full readiness for war, nor the desired autarky .

The rapid plan was replaced by the “Orange Plan” of December 6, 1939. It envisaged the tripling of explosives production to 55,050 monthly tons and the increase in powder production to 18,970 monthly tons gradually by 1942.

A total explosives capacity of 32,000 tons per month was achieved by 1945.

Original text

“In the opinion of the departments involved and the implementing industry, the maximum possible increase until autumn 1939 is exhausted with the express plan.
The quick plan has been compared in detail and full agreement is achieved between
OKW (Wstb), OKH (Wa A), Dr. Krauch.
From now on, this quick plan is the common basis for further action by all parties involved.
By the end of 1939, according to the express plan, capacity will be increased to such an extent that practically the greatest possible German production potential still achieved during the World War is achieved in all areas
[...]
The express plan can only be implemented if very special (warlike) powers of attorney for responsible for the implementation. "

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Georg Thomas : History of the German Defense and Armaments Industry (1918-1943 / 45) . Boppard am Rhein 1966, p. 176.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Bleyer et al., Germany 1939 to 1945, Germany during the Second World War, Berlin 1975, p. 102 f.
  3. ↑ J. Preuss, R. Haas: The locations of the powder, explosives, combat and fog factories in the former German Reich . In: Geographische Rundschau 39 (10), pp. 578-584. Quotation n .: http://www.r-haas.de/V16.html
  4. ^ Dietrich Eichholtz , Wolfgang Schumann: Anatomy of the war. New documents on the role of German monopoly capital in the preparation and implementation of the Second World War. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin (East) 1969, p. 188 f.