Published 2020-11-01
“…The author examines three episodes of Great Britain’s struggle for the Middle East in 1941 (Iraq, Syria, Iran), framing them into the general logic of the German-British confrontation during this period.The author emphasizes that potential assertion of German hegemony in the Middle East could have made the
defense of Suez almost impossible, as well as the communication with India, and would have provided the
Reich with an access to almost inexhaustible supplies of fuel. …”
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