Indeed, when the US, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Potsdam Agreement in August 1945, they agreed on the “reduction or destruction of all civilian heavy-industry with war potential” and on “restructuring the German economy toward agriculture and light industry.” By 1946, the Allies had reduced Germany’s steel output to 75% of its pre-war level.
事实上，1945年8月，当美国、苏联和英国签署《波茨坦协议》时，它们同意“减少或摧毁所有有战争潜力的民用重工业”以及“以农业和轻工业为重点重组德国经济。”1946年，同盟国将德国钢铁产量削减至战前水平的75%。汽车产量骤降至战前水平的10%。20世纪40年代末，706家工业厂房被摧毁。