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by pjc50 1633 days ago
Yes - and a similar story plays out in WW2, as Germany still didn't have any domestic oil. Hence the push east towards the oilfields of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, halted at the Volga (Stalingrad) and the Terek river/Caucasus mountains.

I should get round to reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize:_The_Epic_Quest_for_...