Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1. Maybe not. It also depends if Poland will side with germans to rip apart Czechoslovakia as it did irl:D Russia still would have seen Poland as former part of Russian Empire, BUT it wouldn't have such an easy part to justify it to it's own population. As a result it'll likely prefer to keep it as a buffer state as it was post war and instead just sponsor the communist rise in power in Poland. It would have also changed international views about Poland, with more immigrants willing to support it and talk in its defense. And above all else it would also mean stronger independent Lithuania.
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  2.  @Shiftinggers  we did, long ago. It's called electricity;) Which can be produced even by renewable sources. The problem is planes, ships and... our whole chemical industry. We depend on oil and coal not only as fuels, but as basis of our chemical and metallurgical industries. And even with fusion reactors and solar power sattellites in orbit, we'd need oil and coal for those two. So much in fact that burning it today as pathetic fuel is basically a crime against humanity.
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  3.  @partytor11  but it provides a leverage on oil prices. And mostly through projecting power in the region and using Iraq as an example and warning to all neighbouring countries. Including best butt oil buddy of USA - SA;)
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  4. You forgot Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 that was caused by oil embargo of Japan by USA thus "driving" japanese to attack and italian own oil production in Libya, defense of you which was one of the reasons of African campaign.
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  5.  @6handicap604  japanese wanted to achieve the same with americans as germans with british - strike a series of serious victories and force them to the table to sign an agreement. Neither had knowledge that 1)they wouldn't back down; 2)been more powerful then expected. It's not only oil, but also steel exports. And several other materials. However yes, mostly it was a fuck up on japanese side. It wouldn't have stopped American involvement though as US was just looking for excuse to help UK by then.
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