History of the Second World War. Oil. A study in wartime policy and administration
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- Author(s) Payton-Smith, D J
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1971
- Pages 520pp; illus
- Publisher HMSO
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Official history of oil supply issues in wartime, 1939-45, describing the control and the supply of oil to the armed forces and civilian population as directed by civil servants and other administrators. The main themes covered are the shortage of seagoing oil tankers; petrol rationing; expansion of port and transport facilities; evolution of the administrative and control structure; arrangements made with USA and France. Arranged in five chronological sections: 1] 'Approach of war dealing with prewar planning and in particular the search for an independent oil supply prewar; 2] 'Warm summer - 1939-40; 3] 'Hot war' - 1940-41; 4] 'After Pearl Harbour' - 1941-43; 5] 'Approach of victory' - 1943-45