Милитаризация экономики Чехии и Моравии в 1939-1945 гг. (Изменение структуры уравления) [Militarization of the economy of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939-1945 (Change in the management structure)]

Abstract

During the occupation, the Czechoslovak economy (in the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) developed under the influence of comprehensive militarization, which directly or indirectly affected all sectors of the national economy.
A significant deformation of the pre-war industrial structure took place, when the importance of arms production and other industries working for military purposes grew, while other industries reduced their production and fell into decline. Naturally, the Czechoslovak big bourgeoisie assumed all this and, during the repeated visits of its leaders to Hitler's Germany during 1938, was able to thoroughly familiarize themselves with the military economy of the Third Reich in practice.
In 1938, Czechoslovakia was a powerful industrial country in Central Europe, in which foreign trade made a significant contribution to national income (approximately 1/3 to 1/4 of the share of exports in national income). The export character of the Czechoslovak economy was naturally interconnected with its import character.