Take the Oil? (Patreon)

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2021-08-12 15:32:48

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2023-06

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This week, the Germans continue to advance in the Soviet Union, but as is now becoming very clear to everyone this advance is not going to plan. Soviet troops are not being captured in numbers anywhere near than those of the encirclements in 1941. After capturing a whole lot of nothing, extending their supply lines, and burning up fuel, the German forces finally reach one of the major oil producing cities in the USSR. The Soviets, as anyone who was paying attention would know, do not allow a single drop of this to fall into German hands, and do a spectacular job of destroying anything that could be remotely of use to the invaders.

There is action happening even further east too, as the Japan and the Allies, especially the US, fight fiercely in the air, sea, and land, for small pacific islands. This leads to a naval engagement know as the Battle of Savo Island, which scores Japan naval victories for but falls short of their objective of of halting a US invasion.

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155 - No Soviet Oil for Hitler - WW2 - August 14, 1942

The Axis advance into the Caucasus is going great... except the oil towns they take have no oil, and wasn't that the whole purpose? Meanwhile in the Pacific, the US Navy is suffering perhaps its greatest defeat ever off Savo Island, even as the Marines take Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Edited by: Lucas Aimó Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Markus Linke Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Daniel Weiss and Mikolaj Uchman Source literature list: John Costello, "The Pacific War" Richard B. Frank, "Tower of Skulls" Gerhard Weinberg, "A World at Arms" Robert Forczyk, "The Caucasus 1942-43" David Glatz, "To the Gates of Stalingrad" Martin Gilbert, "The Second World War" Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: IWM USHMM Bundesarchiv Wikipedia Commons Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell Trapped in a Maze - Philips Ayers Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen Break Free - Fabien Tell Warning Signal - Max Anson Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen I Am Unbreakable - Niklas Johansson A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.