Or maybe the german economy really underproduced given the industrial base it had available. What were the french production plans, and what did the french end up producing in OTL?Marcelo Jenisch wrote:The Allies exaggerated what Germany could produce and field in terms of equipment, as this is a standard procedure after a initial estimative of the enemy numbes. Even so, it didn't take long for the Allies notice that they had much more equipment produced than Germany.
While we have the myth that the German economy was "undermobilized" until 1943, I really doubt that Allied planners belived in this bulls***.
By the time germans sorted through the self-inflicted mess (using liberal applications of GostArbeiter and KZ inmate whip-augmented labor), we're talking what, '43? '44?