Ukraine/Russia/USA conflict and its historical implications

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Ukraine is going to become a central part of a major transportation route for oil from the Caspian Sea to Europe

Historically the Caspian has been the golden nugget

Baku is the Capital of Azerbaijan that is on the Caspian Sea

World War I
In 1914–1917, Baku produced 7 million tons of oil each year, totaling 28,683,000 tons of oil , which constituted 15% of world production at the time. Germany did not trust Turkey in oil matters and transferred General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein from the Middle Eastern front with his troops to Georgia in order to enter Baku, through Ukraine, the Black Sea and Georgia. Great Britain, in February 1918, urgently sent General Lionel Dunsterville with troops to Baku through Anzali to block the German troops. Having studied the Caucasus from the strategic point of view, Dunsterville concluded: "Those who capture Baku, will control the sea. That's why it was necessary for us to invade this city". On 23 August 1918, Lenin in his telegram to Tashkent wrote: "Germans agree to attack Baku provided that we would kick the British out of Baku
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Even a cake for Hitler was adorned by a map of the Caspian Sea with the letters B-A-K-U spelled out in chocolate cream. After eating the cake, Hitler said: "Unless we get Baku oil, the war is lost"



History and how it relates to the future is so fascinating. Dap away brehs :blessed:


By having a a good knowledge of geography one can draw many parallels. Note that Afghanistan borders China (lol) The trade routes of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and the other neighboring countries have always ran concurrent with the conflict there, along with other natural resources etc etc

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