| There were many Nazi projects during the 1930s that used up massive state resources for reasons that might not be directly linked to offensive war. In an sense, there were two sorts. The creation of holiday resorts like Prora, or the work associated with Germania, certainly wasted money, cement and manpower. The other forms of wastage included the West Wall and coastal defences. All of this might have been a part of the Keynsian-style government projects aimed at spending their way out of economic depression. This spending might explain the poor state of German military preparations for offensive warfare, but it helped the economy. |