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The Oil Campaign 1944-45 - Draining the Wehrmacht's lifeblood (Paperback)
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The Oil Campaign 1944-45 - Draining the Wehrmacht's lifeblood (Paperback)
Series: Air Campaign
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A new illustrated history of one of the key air campaigns of late
World War II - the American effort to cripple Germany's oil
production, and grind its armed forces to a halt. With retreating
German forces losing their oilfields on the Eastern Front, Germany
was reliant on its own facilities, particularly for producing
synthetic oil from coal. However, these were within range of the
increasingly mighty Allied air forces. In 1944 the head of the US
Strategic Air Forces, General Carl Spaatz was intent on a new
campaign that aimed to cripple the German war machine by depriving
it of fuel. The USAAF's Oil Campaign built up momentum during the
summer of 1944 and targeted these refineries and plants with its
daylight heavy bombers. Decrypted German communications made it
clear that the Oil Campaign was having an effect against the
Wehrmacht. Fuel shortages in the autumn of 1944 forced the
Luftwaffe to ground most of its combat units except for fighters
involved in the defense of the Reich. Fuel shortages also forced
the Kriegsmarine to place most of its warships in harbor except for
the U-boats and greatly hampered German army campaigns such as the
Battle of the Bulge in December 1944-45. This fascinating book
packed with key photos and illustrations examines the controversies
and debates over the focus of the US bombing campaign in the final
year of the war, and the impact it had on the war effort overall.
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