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Speer Presents March Memorandum Opposing Destruction

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1946

Albert Speer20 June 1946

Nuremberg · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The defence introduced Speer's March 1945 memorandum warning Hitler that systematic destruction of industry, transport and supply facilities would make post-war survival and reconstruction far more difficult.

Names involved

Albert Speer

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