Description: Further DetailsTitle: War for OilCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: The Nazi Quest for an Oil EmpireISBN-10: 1597977217EAN: 9781597977210ISBN: 9781597977210Publisher: Potomac Books IncRelease Date: 06/01/2012Description: As Hitler’s Einsatzgruppen (mobile SS killing units) marched into the Soviet Union directly behind the advancing Wehrmacht to murder Jews and others, less well-known units were also following in the footsteps of the German armed forces. They were called, among other things, “petroleum units,” “petroleum commissions,” or “technical brigades.” Their mission was to seize and exploit the oil-producing areas of the conquered territories. Having pillaged oil in Poland, France, and the Low Countries, these predatory units were the latest examples of Nazi Germany’s relentless efforts before and during World War II to achieve self-sufficiency in fuel. But only in the East—first in the Soviet Union and then in the Middle East—could Hitler find sufficient quantities of oil to free Germany of all external dependency and allow him to wage war indefinitely. To achieve his aim, Hitler envisioned his armored columns advancing through North Africa and the Caucasus to a juncture somewhere in the Near East in what Martin Blumenson called “the most gigantic pincer movement in history.” In this prodigiously researched study, historian Dietrich Eichholtz tells the story of Nazi Germany’s plans to establish a global oil empire, from the plan’s inception in 1938 to its collapse in 1943.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 205mmItem Length: 125mmAuthor: Dietrich EichholtzGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Technology & EngineeringItem Weight: 318gTranslator: John A. BroadwinContributor: John A. Broadwin (Translated by)Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: War for Oil
Title: War for Oil
Subtitle: The Nazi Quest for an Oil Empire
ISBN-10: 1597977217
EAN: 9781597977210
ISBN: 9781597977210
Release Date: 06/01/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: John A. Broadwin
Contributor: John A. Broadwin (Translated by)
Book Title: War for Oil : the Nazi Quest for an Oil Empire
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Topic: Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / World War II, Petroleum
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Author: Dietrich Eichholtz
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Hardcover
