soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"bernardZ" wrote in message
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> Firstly I doubt the Germans had the air power to do significant damage
> to the Russian oil. Then I doubt that even if the Germans had enough air
> power that they could have setup in time such a force in the region.
> Then if they could setup in time such a force, I doubt that they could
> supply the air force with enough material to keep it running. Lastly if
> they could knock out the Russian oil like the Japanese who took the
> burning oil fields the British left behind, the Russian would quickly
> have repaired the damage.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>

Why not attack the refineries that make something *useful* out of
this oil? Refineries are highly explosive in nature and I don't think
they're easily repaired.