Appointed Feb 1942, Who was Minister for War Production and Armaments?
Oswald Pohl worthy" blood (Germans) through nutrition and SS settlements. Once it began to look as though the war was not ending anytime soon (spring 1942), Hitler and other Nazi elites looked to increase armaments production through the use of concentration camp inmates. This coincided Pohl's control over the KL system. Grandiose building plans for new SS facilities in the East were laid aside in favor of arms production, a new course of action which Pohl thought prudent and necessary. While Himmler and Pohl foresaw an enormous SS-operated armaments industry, they encountered opposition from the newly appointed armaments minister, Albert Speer, who
Minister of Aircraft Production enormous increase in British aircraft production. Initially under the personal direction of the Minister (and even, for a time, operating from his private home), the Ministry eventually established permanent offices, and a Director-General of Aircraft Production in charge. The Director-General for most of the war was Eric M Fraser (1896-1960), who remained the most senior non-elected figure in the department. Fraser, whose pre-war career had been with ICI, was first appointed director-general of equipment production, before moving to the aircraft production post which he held throughout the rest of the war. The first minister, Lord Beaverbrook, pushed for aircraft production