The Rise of the Fourth Reich - ThereAreNoSunglasses

A NEW REICH BEGINS 35the board of Schroeder.” One Deutsche Bank executive outlined a few ofthe bank’s wartime loans: 150 million reichsmarks to the aircraft industry;22 million to Bavarian Motor Works (BMW); 10 million toDaimler-Benz (Mercedes) in 1943 alone. Similar amounts were loanedagain in 1944.But all the tightest business connections came to naught, for by 1941,the international order had turned against Hitler. Germany’s blitzkrieghad shocked the ruling elite, as first Poland, then the rest of Europe, cameunder Nazi control. Britain was helpless to stop Hitler, who was alreadymaking preparations for a preemptive attack on the Soviet Union. Inshort, Hitler was getting out of hand.