Comments by "dragosstanciu" (@dragosstanciu9866) on "How effective was Wilhelm Canaris & the German resistance?" video.

  1. The Allies considered the Ardenes to be impossible terrain for tanks, that's why they didn't believe any reports about any German offensive through that area.
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  2. Even so, if Spain went to war against Britain the RAF would destroy Spanish cities. Spain was completely unprepared for a modern mechanized war. Spain would be dependent on receiving tanks and planes from Germany.
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  3. Spain was unprepared for a modern mechanized war. Spain would be dependent on getting tanks and planes from Germany. Spanish cities would be destroyed by RAF bombing campaigns. Getting enough oil from the Caucasus would take years for the Germans, the Caucasus oil refineries would have to be rebuilt, then the oil would have to be transported to the front and in Germany on thousands of kilometers of fragile railway under attack by Partisans.
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  4. But why?
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  5. There was no Libyan oil in WW2. Later oil was discovered there.
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  6.  @dinubunica  The British army would destroy the Middle East oil refineries and set the oil fields on fire. It would take years for the Germans to receive big quantities of oil from the Middle East. Thus victory was impossible for the Axis.
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  7. No, Germany had a huge fuel shortage even in 1941, thus winning a three front war would have been very difficult if not impossible.
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