Comments by "Dennis Weidner" (@dennisweidner288) on "The Paradox of Germany’s WW2 COAL Problem" video.

  1. Tik, Another excellent video. I heartedly agree with you in your very important videos about socialism. Here I have two comments. 1. I agree with you about the major issue with coal was distribution, not production. I do think, however, that you underestimate the impact of having to supply the occupied areas. I know you briefly mention it at the end, but it is worth noting because the failure of the NAZis to maintain production levels in the Grossraum was an important factor in the German war economy. Before the War Britain was an important coal exporter. This stopped cold after the 1940 Western offensive. To keep the occupied economies rimming Germany has to replace the British coal with their own. 2. While I think you are absolutely correct about socialism, there is one little detail I see you avoiding. The Soviet Union with a substantial portion of their country occupied, including major industrial cities, managed phenomenal production of arms. They were aided by American Lend Lease, but still, this socialist economy produced arms on a prodigious level. Not on American levels, but given that so much of the country was occupied and that that they had a smaller industrial base than America, they achieved impressive results.
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