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The Heinkel He 111, one of the technologically advanced aircraft that were designed and produced illegally in the 1930s as part of the clandestine German rearmament. German rearmament (Aufrüstung, German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ̯fˌʀʏstʊŋ]) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which required German ...
The targets in Germany and in Axis-controlled Europe [5] included refineries, synthetic-fuel factories, storage depots and other POL-infrastructure. Before the war, Britain had identified Germany's reliance on oil and oil products for its war machine, and the strategic bombing started with RAF attacks on Germany in 1940.
Allied bombing of the oil campaign targets of World War II included attacks on Nazi Germany oil refineries, synthetic oil plants, storage depots, and other chemical works. . Natural oil was available in Northwestern Germany at Nienhagen [1] (55%—300,000 tons per year), [2] Rietberg (20%—300,000), and Heide (300,000) and refineries were mainly at Hamburg and Ha
On July 10, Hermann Göring had met with experts on how to repair the Russian Maykop oil facilities (Germany also reassembled an oil facility in Kherson, in Ukraine).< [19] The Soviets set the Maikop oilfields on fire on August 9, the town was evacuated on the 16th, [12]: 737 and Nazi Germany began occupation in August. [20] September 1942 ...
Coal and oil were also in short supply, again because Germany could not access sources outside of Europe. Germany's oil supplies , crucial for the war effort, depended largely on annual imports of 1.5 million tons of oil, mainly from Romania . [ 132 ]
(Reuters) -Denmark said Europe needs to rearm more quickly as it became the latest NATO member to sign a 10-year agreement on security cooperation with Ukraine on Friday, the eve of the second ...
The Council of Europe adopted a flag to symbolise Europe. Following on the heels of the creation of the ECSC, the European Defence Community (EDC) was drawn up and signed on 27 May 1952. It would combine national armies and allow West Germany to rearm under the control of the new Community.
The German government said Friday it will keep two subsidiaries of Russian oil giant Rosneft under the control of German authorities for another six months. The government announced a year ago ...