The industrial plans for Germany or Level of Industry plans for Germany were the plans to lower the German industrial potential after World War II. At the Potsdam conference the victorious Allies had decided to abolish the German armed forces as well as all munitions factories and civilian industries that could support them. This included the destruction of all ship and aircraft manufacturing capability. Further it was decided that civilian industries which might have a military potential, which in the modern era of “total war” included virtually all, were to be severely restricted. The restriction of the latter was set to Germanys “approved peacetime needs”, which were defined to be set on the average European standard. In order to achieve this each type of industry was subsequently reviewed to see how many factories Germany required under these minimum level of industry requirements. This article is becoming very long. ... Clement Atlee, Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945 The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. ...

The first "level of industry" plan, signed by the Allies in 1946, stated that German heavy industry was to be lowered to 50% of its 1938 levels by the destruction of 1,500 listed manufacturing plants.^[1] In January 1946 the Allied Control Council set the foundation of the future German economy by putting a cap on German steel production, the maximum allowed was set at about 25% of the pre-war production level.^[2] Steel plants thus made redundant were dismantled. Germany was to be reduced to the standard of life it had known at the height of the Great depression (1932). ^[3] Car production was set to 10% of pre-war levels, etc ^[4] A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is a large industrial building where workers manufacture goods or products. ... Image:Smalbldg. ... The Great Depression redirects here. ...

The first plan was subsequently followed by a number of new ones, the last was signed in 1949.

By 1949 the West Germans had become confident enough to mount increasing protests against the ongoing Allied policy of factory dismantling. The Western Allies, the U.S., France, and the UK finally had to halt dismantling in 1950.[1][2] West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

Notes

(Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. ...

See also

• Morgenthau plan
• GARIOA
• Marshall plan
• Wirtschaftswunder
• Operation Paperclip (Part of the effort to aquire German intellectual property)

The Morgenthau Plan showing the planned partitioning of Germany into a North State, a South State, and an International zone. ... Government and Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA) was the program under which the U.S. after World War II provided emergency aid to the occupied nations, Japan, Germany, Austria. ... Map of Cold-War era Europe showing countries that received Marshall Plan aid. ... The term Wirtschaftswunder (English: economic miracle) designates the upturn experienced in the West German and Austrian economies after the Second World War. ... Operation Paperclip scientists pose together. ...

External links

• 1945 to 1948: America's Long Road to the Federal Republic of Germany (West) By Robert A. Selig
• Germany and the Political Economy of the Marshall Plan, 1947-1952: A Re-Revisionist View
• THE HIGH COST OF VENGEANCE Chapter 3 The Material Cost of Vengeance
• Gunther Harkort Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), 1949–52.
• Dismantling list for the western Allied forces (17 October 1947, Part of the second Industrial Plan, "level of industry agreement") (requires Flash Player)
• Letter from Konrad Adenauer to Robert Schuman (26 July 1949) Warning him of the consequences of the dismantling policy. (requires Flash Player)
• Letter from Ernest Bevin to Robert Schuman (30 October 1949) British and French foreign ministers. Bevin argues that they need to reconsider the Allies' dismantling policy in the occupied zones (requires Flash Player)
• Picture of demonstration against dismantling (7 June 1949) Workers in the Ruhr demonstrate against the dismantling of their factories by the Allied forces of occupation. (requires Flash Player)
• Picture: dismantling the Iron and Steel Industry ‘We want to work, we will help you to rebuild Europe' Workers at dismantled plant protest. (requires Flash Player)
• Picture: 12,000 factory workers demonstrate against the dismantling of German industry (19 August 1949) (requires Flash Player)
• Germany: Moscow Conference Meeting held on 27 February 1947.
• Allied Reparations Policies and the Industrial Reconstruction of Germany’s Post-war Shipbuilding Industry, 1945-1958
• U.S. Economic Policy Towards defeated countries April, 1946.