Britain relied heavily on oil to keep its dominant navy at sea. It determined very quickly on the outbreak of the war with Germany to protect its interests by occupying the oilfields and pipeline near Basra. Later, after an early string of cheap successes, British eyes fell on Baghdad. Victory over the Turks was believed by some - ntably David Lloy George and Winston Churchill - to be a less costly way towards defeat of Germany than the painful battering at the Western Front.
Great clip...how about the continuation!
AntiZionistCIAShill 2 years ago
For more information on this go to my Yahoo 360 page and look at my first Blog piece. To gety there!
Either Click on 'BrutusCass' (Top Right corner)
Then click on the link in the profile info.
Or
do a Goggle search for 'SlyFox Yahoo'
Open the profile page and the click on the link for my 360 page.
GO TO the Blog and then the First Piece.
BrutusCass 3 years ago
so we went to war cause our ships converted from coal to oil?
DJFearRoss 3 years ago
Britain relied heavily on oil to keep its dominant navy at sea. It determined very quickly on the outbreak of the war with Germany to protect its interests by occupying the oilfields and pipeline near Basra. Later, after an early string of cheap successes, British eyes fell on Baghdad. Victory over the Turks was believed by some - ntably David Lloy George and Winston Churchill - to be a less costly way towards defeat of Germany than the painful battering at the Western Front.
BrutusCass 3 years ago