Germany's economy post WWI was in the dumps, massive hyperinflation. Similar to how a loaf of bread costs trillions in Zimbabwe. As well as dealing with hefty sanctions from treaties signed after the war. His economic recovery is one of the reasons he was Times Magazine Man of the Year in 1938 I think
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I also read that Germany under Hitler was constantly on the verge of bankruptcy because of military spending so invading more and more countries to loot became a necessity to stay afloat.