OIL SUPPLIES
VITAL FACTOR IN WAR LUFTWAFFE'S DIFFICULTY WASHINGTON, June 9. The United Press correspondent quotes one of the navy's highest rankers as saying he believed the war's outcome would be determined by oil supplies. He said recent developments indicated that the Luftwaffe was feeling the pinch of dwindling oil. The Nazi machine is expected to make a supreme effort to grab the rich Iran and Iraq oilfields. The naval officer believed that the United States Atlantic patrol, plus the transfer of more tankers to Britain, would gain for Britain an overwhelming share of the world's oil.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24630, 11 June 1941, Page 5
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