Erhard Milch
By August 1941, the pressures from the Russian campaign were exacerbating the conflicts between Udet and State Secretary Erhard Milch. In order to attain a mandated quadrupling of production, Milch was pressing Udet for a major reorganization of his department. Udet resisted but, by September, Göring sided with Milch and several members of Udet's staff were removed as Milch began to assert increasing control over Procurement and Supply. Udet was losing his freedom of action and clearly was being eclipsed.