This is pretty much just a reboot of this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...-matzen-oilfields-operational-in-1939.300285/
As I gradually learn more about WWII, it seems one of the largest (of so many) factors in Axis defeat was oil. It seems this is one of the most important things to deal with to give them any kind of chance. The above thread asked what would have happened if two large oilfields much more accessible to the Axis than the Caucasus had been discovered before the war. How would this change the economy and politics of their respective nations, and just how much would it have changed the war?
This was a very helpful video on the subject of oil and Axis strategy:
As I gradually learn more about WWII, it seems one of the largest (of so many) factors in Axis defeat was oil. It seems this is one of the most important things to deal with to give them any kind of chance. The above thread asked what would have happened if two large oilfields much more accessible to the Axis than the Caucasus had been discovered before the war. How would this change the economy and politics of their respective nations, and just how much would it have changed the war?
This was a very helpful video on the subject of oil and Axis strategy: