Oil campaign of World War II
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oil-campaign-of-world-war-ii-169-8354688
title:
Oil campaign of World War II
text:
The Allied oil campaign of World War II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by the RAF and the USAAF against facilities supplying Nazi Germany with petroleum, oil, and lubrication (POL) products. It formed part of the immense Allied strategic bombing effort during the war. The targets in Germany and in Axis-controlled Europe included refineries, synthetic-fuel factories, storage depots and other POL-infrastructure. Before the war, Britain had identified Germany's reliance on oil and oil pro
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Allied aerial bombing campaign (1940–45)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_campaign_of_World_War_II
date created:
2008-12-04T00:59:01Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:23:44Z
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