Oil and War | Defense.info In this article by Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Retired), the author looks at the evolution since World War I of the energy factor in conflicts. Energy is a key element driving conflict and fueling it as well.
The book “Oil and War” by Goralski and Freeburg first published way back in 1987 has recently been republished by US Marine Corps University Press and is available as a free off download here. https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Oil&War_Web_1.pdf
Texas Oil and World War II - Black Mountain Sand It can ultimately be said that the extraordinary cooperation between the U.S. government and American oil companies is what helped win World War II, and that Permian crude literally fueled Patton’s infiltration of the German border and eventually the defeat of Hitler. On November 10, 1945, a letter from the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Army-Navy Board to Ralph K. Davies stated, “At no time did the Services lack for oil in the proper quantities, in the proper kinds and at the proper places.”
"The truth is – oil was the most indispensable product to the Allied campaigns around the world." We can all go down that route e.g. the truth is - bullets were the most indispensable product to the Allied campaigns ... Oil production and supply was of course an important factor in the Allied victory, but so were many other factors.
