To date we lack reliable data on the degree of industrial investment in the Third Reich. Additionally, our comprehensive knowledge of the quantitative significance of the war-related industrial branches is extremely fragmented. Precise figures are, however, crucial if we are to arrive at a...

Reconstructing the complex supplier network of the famous JU 88 air armament programme, this article shows that outsourcing activities increased considerably in wartime Germany. The resulting inter-firm division of labour did not lead only to a quite effective protection of the German aircraft...