Of the major Allied powers in the early 20th century, the United Kingdom was the largest producer of steel until the 1920s, before French output rose after the First World War following the transfer of Alsace-Lorraine and occupation of German territories, and then the Soviet Union's steel production rose significantly in the 1930s. Trends in steel production heavily follow those of iron production, and steel was instrumental for the industrialization and war effort of each respective country. When output from the Allied countries is compared with Axis countries in this period, Germany was the largest steel producer in Europe by a large margin and had the highest steel output in almost every year.
Crude steel production in selected Allied European countries from 1900 to 1945
(in thousands of metric tons)
Notes per country are as follows:
Belgium: break in series in 1913.
Czechoslovakia: Output from 1913 was as part of Austria-Hungary.
France: Figures for Alsace-Lorraine not included from 1900-1918.
Germany: Figures include Alsace-Lorraine from 1900-1918. Figures do not include Saarland from 1921-1934. Figures include the Sudetenland from 1939-1944 and parts of Poland from 1940-1944.
Soviet Union: Figures until 1913 refer to the Russian Empire; figures from 1914-1940 are for the 1923 borders of the USSR; figures from1940-1945 are for the post-WWII borders.
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Macmillan Publishers. (December 31, 1981). Crude steel production in selected Allied European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286284/crude-steel-production-allied-europe-1900-1945-country/
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Macmillan Publishers. (1981). Crude steel production in selected Allied European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286284/crude-steel-production-allied-europe-1900-1945-country/
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Crude steel production in selected Allied European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons) [Graph], Macmillan Publishers, December 31, 1981. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286284/crude-steel-production-allied-europe-1900-1945-country/