http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jun1943/f26jun43.htm
Allies prepare new landing in New Guinea
Saturday, June 26, 1943 www.onwar.com
Amphibious landings along the coast of New Guinea [photo at link]
In New Guinea... The Allied force at Morobe prepares for an amphibious move north along the coast.
A “Peak Oil” article in 1943!!!! I love the quotes, some of which I laugh at, some of which I just shake my head.
Exhaustion within 20 years? Of the then existing oil fields, sure. But the statement that it was unlikely to discover any new reserves? I guess nobody told him about off shore drilling, and no one dreamed of hydraulic fracturing.
He supposed they could get gasoline from coal but dismissed it. I think we haven’t begun to tap that resource. If I’d been in charge of energy policy back then, we never would have imported a drop of crude oil. We’d have all our electrical energy from nuclear reactors and to the extent we needed oil, the coal could be converted just like the Germans did. Yes, there would be significant initial costs for the infrastructure, but it could be done.
But I digress.
It is interesting that they knew that there was oil in shale formations, but apparently did not know how much and of course, they had no idea how to get it out.
While he was dead wrong on the Peak Oil thing, he was dead on about the national security issues of being a “have not” nation when it came to oil resources. And nothing was done about it, as even at this time the House of Saud knew how to bribe Congressmen into making America dependent on foreign oil.
I also liked the article on how the NKVD plays a special role in the war but we’re not sure what it is.
I have a suggestion on how the NKVD troops can be used; maybe they put a few companies of them with machine guns behind the regular troops to shoot down any traitors who dare take “one step back.” This could easily be accomplished by a special order.