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Oil & war:

how the deadly struggle for fuel in WWII meant victory or defeat
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Morrow, 1987 - Technology & Engineering - 384 pages
The full story of the role that oil played in the origins and outcome of World War II.

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Contents

Note on Conversions
11
The Eve of War
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Germanys Oil 1938
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Copyright

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TitleOil & war: how the deadly struggle for fuel in WWII meant victory or defeat
AuthorsRobert Goralski, Russell W. Freeburg
Photographs byRussell W. Freeburg
Editionillustrated
PublisherMorrow, 1987
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized11 Jun 2008
ISBN068806115X, 9780688061159
Length384 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Military / General
History / Military / World War II
Technology & Engineering / Petroleum
  
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