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· Hitler's failure to quickly defeat the Soviet Union resulted in the necessity of sacrifice from the German people

o Food in the needed quantities were not available.

o Economical sacrifices required-economic production boosted, but men were eventually taken from industry to the army, making the economy suffer.

o Labor shortages become severe, making everyday goods a rarity, demoralizing the home front

§ Food shortages/rationing

· Inability of Germany to control the English channel for an invasion of UK

· Failure to attain a credible and reliant axis

o Italy caused them more harm than good, ie the time Hitler had to save Italy from the Greeks, delaying the Russian invasion, leading to their failure on the eastern front

· Racism

o Their anti-Semitism, while a cause for the unification of Germany, led to the loss of many Jews who could have aided the war effort; scientists like Albert Einstein

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