Good point, Andreas. I think the russians would have been perfectly happy to increase supplies to germany. The treaty signed by Hitler and Stalin in 38 (? 39? 40?- don't remember exact year) stipulated that russia provide germany with goods and resources. Considering how focused Stalin seemed to have been on appeasing germany, I'd think he would have OKed the extra resources. But again, this goes back to Hitler. Hitler didn't think that germany needed any extra resources at the time. It wasn't until germany attacked russia that germany's resources shortages became apparent, so it's kind of a catch-22. Germany could have gotten more resources from russia, but didn't need those resources but for attacking russia... (I think that makes sense
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Jumbo, I thought Hitler did know about the oil deposits in Libya and Egypt, and that that was one of the aims of the N. African campaign. Did they know about the oil?