Why did the rigid dictatorships of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan not develop cohesive military production policies?

A) In both nations, armed services and private industry bickered over which weapons to produce.
B) Neither of the two nations had access to the raw materials that would allow them to produce weapons during the war.
C) The leaders of both nations refused to see the reality of total war and did not want to interfere in the free market.
D) Neither nation had any significant military technology worth investing in.

Military Production Policies

Government-directed strategies and regulations for the production of military equipment, supplies, and arms to support defense efforts.

Nazi Germany

Refers to Germany under the rule of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) from 1933 to 1945, known for its totalitarian government and the perpetration of the Holocaust.

Imperial Japan

The historical period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the end of World War II in 1945, during which Japan was an empire that expanded aggressively in Asia.