To appoint a complete civilian to effectively oversee the war effort of a national economy this far into a war has precedent. It’s exactly what Adolf Hitler did in February 1942 when he appointed Albert Speer as Reich minister of armaments and war production. Historians say that Speer’s shrewdness and wide use of slave labour boosted the Nazis’ arms production and prolonged the war. Speer served 20 years in prison after the German defeat.
