Administrative inefficiency was a central problem in both Nazi German and Soviet naval planning. Dictatorship did not remove institutional competition, duplicated authority, or distorted decision-making. Instead, political fear and personal fiefdoms could make technical choices harder to challenge and coordinate. This matters because the cruiser problem was not simply a matter of choosing the wrong gun calibre; it arose from the system that generated and revised the requirements.
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Why dictatorship could make naval administration less efficient
The comparison with Soviet planning centers on an institutional problem: concentrated political power did not produce clear or efficient naval decisions.