Four Year Plan decree of 1936

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The Four Year Plan decree of 1936 was a key Nazi directive issued by Adolf Hitler that launched an aggressive four-year program to prepare Germany’s economy and military for war through rapid rearmament and economic autarky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi economic policy
government decree
military rearmament program
aim economic autarky
expansion of German military power
mobilization of the German economy
preparation for war
rapid rearmament
reduction of unemployment
authorityGranted extraordinary powers over the economy
consequence acceleration of German rearmament
heightened tensions in Europe
increased state control over the German economy
preparation of Germany for aggressive war
country Germany
dateIssued 1936
economicModel state-directed economy
focus control of foreign exchange
development of synthetic fuels
development of synthetic rubber
expansion of armaments industry
increased production of armaments
increased production of steel
rearmament
reduction of imports
self-sufficiency in raw materials
goal make the German armed forces operationally ready for war within four years
make the German economy fit for war within four years
historicalPeriod interwar period
prelude to World War II
ideologicalBasis Lebensraum
surface form: Lebensraum policy

Nazi autarky doctrine
Nazi militarism
issuedBy Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party
legalForm Four Year Plan decree of 1936 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Führer decree
placeOfIssue Berlin
policyType economic planning
state intervention in the economy
war economy preparation
politicalContext Nazi Germany
sectorTargeted agriculture
armaments industry
heavy industry
mining
synthetic fuel production
synthetic rubber production
timeHorizon four years

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Office of the Four Year Plan legalBasis Four Year Plan decree of 1936
Office of the Four Year Plan createdBy Four Year Plan decree of 1936
Third Reich economic bureaucracy policyInstrument Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan
Office for German Raw and Synthetic Materials policyContext Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan
Four Year Plan decree of 1936 legalForm Four Year Plan decree of 1936 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Führer decree
Reich Steel Commissioner subordinateTo Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan authorities
Reich Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan relatedTo Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan
Reich Coal Commissioner subordinateTo Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan authorities
Nazi war aims documentedIn Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan memoranda
Reichswerke Hermann Göring partOf Four Year Plan decree of 1936
this entity surface form: Four Year Plan