"Was" is the operative word. He became the successor to Dr. Todt, in charge of all industrial and transportation logistics of the regime, and then the war. One might say that his talent for systematic design and planning gave him he necessary foundation to be the "Industrial Overlord," but to say he was only an architect completely misses his role in the war.
Speer was an architect. Yes I read his book.
"Was" is the operative word. He became the successor to Dr. Todt, in charge of all industrial and transportation logistics of the regime, and then the war. One might say that his talent for systematic design and planning gave him he necessary foundation to be the "Industrial Overlord," but to say he was only an architect completely misses his role in the war.
In the final days Speer ignored Hitler's order to destroy Berlin.