So what if Dunsteforce was larger and a serious effort on the part of the British to support the Caucasian states to gain a foothold of influence in the region? The main prize that can be seen has to be the oil industry at Baku which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or Royal Dutch Shell would be interested in. Even if the British didn't gain the concessions it would still deny the oil to the Soviets, and fucking with them would be worth the price of admission in and off itself. So can anyone come up with any alternative ideas of how to keep these three countries independent and non-Soviet?Roger Ford said: