Quite regularly I get comments along the lines that the Wehrmacht wasn’t ready for war in 1939 and that Hitler’s mistake was that he didn’t continue the build-up for a few more years, so that the Wehrmacht and German industry would be ready for war. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistoryvisualized » facebook - https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ » twitter - https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized » twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/militaryhistoryvisualized » SOURCES « Milner, Marc: Battle of the Atlantic French, David: British military strategy, in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I: p. 29-50 Alexander, Martin S.: French grand strategy and defence preparations, in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I: p. 78-106 Tooze, Adam: The Wages of Destruction. The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Band I: Ursachen und Voraussetzungen der deutschen Kriegspolitik (English Version below) Germany and the Second World War, Volume I Ferris, John; Mawdsley, Evan: The in the West, 1939-1940. The Battle of Britain? in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I: p. 315-330 Willmott, H. P.: The Last Century of Sea Power – Volume I: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922 Evans, David C.; Peattie, Mark R.: Kaigun – Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY 1887-1941 Deutsche Militärgeschichte – 1648-1939: VI: Reichswehr und Republik (1918-1933) Absolon, Rudolf: Die Wehrmacht im Dritten Reich, Band III. 3. August 1934 bis 4. Februar 1938 Chesneau, Roger; Gardiner, Robert: Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1922-1946 Buchner, Alex: Das Handbuch der deutschen Infanterie 1939-1945 English Version: Buchner, Alex: Handbook German Infantry 1939-1945 » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Song: Ethan Meixsell - Demilitarized Zone