The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's Race For - Oil

: Capturing the fields at Maikop, Grozny, and Baku , which together produced 82% of the Soviet Union's crude oil.

The Caucasus 1942–43: Kleist's race for oil - Osprey Publishing The Caucasus 1942-43: Kleist's Race for Oil

: Capturing the Volga River and disrupting Lend-Lease supplies entering through the Persian Corridor. The Campaign (1942–1943) : Capturing the fields at Maikop, Grozny, and

The German high command identified a critical lack of oil as their most pressing strategic weakness. The Caucasus campaign, specifically , sought to solve this by: : Capturing the fields at Maikop