On Feb 2, 4:47=A0pm, Rich Rostrom wrote:
> On Feb 2, 3:17=A0pm, Jack Linthicum wrote:
>
> > On Feb 2, 12:17=A0pm, "Michele" wrote:
>
> > TV program on U-boats in the Gulf of Mexico raises a question. Would
> > the Germans have had enough u-boats capable of reaching the Gulf of
> > Mexico in January 1941 to create a virtual oil blockade?
>
> No. It's too far away. Each extra U-boat in
> the Gulf is probably two on the east coast.
> And a lot of the oil doesn't move by sea;
> it moves by pipeline to the northeast and
> can be shipped out of eastern ports.
Negative. The two pipelines, Big Inch and Little Inch, were just in
the planning stages and weren't finished until 1943.
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