Well yes and no, if you recall Germany had Romania and the Ploesti Oil
fields. One does need oil, but the US involvement was to PROTECT it's OIL
Interests not to stop Hitler. Most of Germans in N. Afrika were there to
support and in treaty with the Italians to fight the British. Not all that
for the oil, which is one of the Reasons Hitler went to war with Russia,
when he went after Stalingrad he also drove south for their oil fields....


"evodawg" wrote in message
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sawzdust wrote:

A Good Cause? It was a land grab! We were fighting that good cause in
North Africa long before D-Day protecting Oil! My father fighting Rommel
in N. Africa, D-Day was just a sacrifice of US Soldiers so we could grab
as much land before Russia did.... Nothing noble in that!

I believe you need oil to prosecute a war, but I could be wrong. You
think
that's why the Nazi's were in N. Africa? Or was it they needed the sand?


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