If instead of Persia, William Knox D’Arcy had been made aware of reports of oil in Trinidad, British Guiana or West Africa rather than in Persia and had discovered oil there rather than in Persia what effects would not discovering oil in Persia in the early 1900’s have on British involvement in the Middle East?
With no Abadan refinery to protect, that would suggest no IEF (D), does the UK send anything to Persia in 1914 and what does this do for the Mesopotamian Campaign, does it even start?
What would the US think about a large UK presence in Trinidad or British Guiana to protect the oil?
With no Abadan refinery to protect, that would suggest no IEF (D), does the UK send anything to Persia in 1914 and what does this do for the Mesopotamian Campaign, does it even start?
What would the US think about a large UK presence in Trinidad or British Guiana to protect the oil?