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There's no way Germany wins the war after Hitler sacks Schacht, because it is at this stage the last hope for the resuscitation of the German economy goes out the window. From the sacking of Schacht onwards, industry was increasingly geared towards furnishing the army, to the detriment of the general economy and German people.

In terms of economic management, military planning, and many other areas, Hitler was as much use as a wet paper bag in a hurricane.

Schacht only resigned as president of the Reichsbank in 1939. Long after the economy started to fuel the war engine, as is obvious, given the date. He resigned from his post as minister of economics in 1937, again, long after the economy started to fuel the army. He did so because he was one of the select few, who saw that Germany couldn't keep up running debts without going bankrupt.

That only made occupations and ultimately the war more inevitable, since Germany fed like a vampire of the occupied territories. It did nothing to influence the outcome of the war. That, as I said earlier, was down to several reasons. Militarily as well as economically. Basically because 32.000 kilometers of frontlline couldn't be held and supplied by roughly - give or take -10 million soldiers, and an industry that was largely dependent on raw materials coming from abroad.