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>>19944393
There was no "machine" in the sense of a rational system but individuals and factions battling each other for Hitler's favor which seriously undermined the war effort. The Nazi "state" was neo-feudalist chaos. It was similar to the medieval feudal system really and born out of a similar ideas about the divine hierarchy of rule. The Nazi state operated on a similar principle but if you replaced the role of God with Hitler. The problem is, he was never really keen on actually ruling, and tended to seize on something, and then lose interest. This tendency manifested itself in the way that he would appoint people to ministerial posts, and then later create entire departments, or new posts that directly impinged upon the positions of others.

You also really see this unravel in '44-'45 where the "logic" of the Nazi "system" is expressed fully.