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Old 06-21-2017, 11:55 PM   #15
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Default Re: Research help for Pulp Adventure

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Originally Posted by L.J.Steele View Post
Looking for some good sources on the secret German rearmament efforts in the 1920s and 30s. Found a bit about a Dutch company building U-boat components (NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw or IvS) in _Blackett's War_, but given how thoroughly WWII has been written about, someone must have written a decent book on specifically on the rearmament efforts. (Which would make a dandy foe for an inter-war years Pulp game.)
One thing that the Weimer government did was train everyone above their rank so that when it came time to fatten the army it would be ready. I think that was inspired by a similar trick Prussia did during a cease-fire in the Napoleonic Wars.
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