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THE relative importance of the economic factor among the factors determining the outcome of the War has increased considerably as a result of the progress in the mechanization of the armed Forces. Requirements of weapons and equipments of raw materials necessary for their manufacture and of motor fuel are now incomparably larger and more diversified than they were during the War of 1914—18. The striking power of the armed Forces is now dependent on the industrial capacity and the importing capacity of the belligerent countries to a much higher degree than in previous wars. The belligerent countries are now incomparably less self-sufficient than they were in the past. For this reason the duration and outcome of the present War depends to a very large extent on the results of blockade and counter–blockade.
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EINZIG, P. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BLOCKADE AND COUNTER–BLOCKADE. Nature 148, 549–551 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148549a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148549a0