Hitler ran out of fuel – could Putin? How oil decides outcomes of wars | How We Got Here
Armies do not run on courage alone. They run on fuel. Nazi Germany’s war machine began to stall as its access to oil collapsed. Eight decades later, Ukraine is targeting Russian refineries, pipelines, and port facilities – while NATO races to strengthen the fuel network needed to defend Europe’s eastern flank.
Today we explain how oil shortages shaped Hitler’s defeat, whether Ukrainian drone strikes can weaken Putin’s war economy, and why NATO’s CEPS pipeline could become one of Europe’s most important lines of defense.
Join Jan Darasz and his guest, Wojciech Jakóbik, Energy Security Analyst with the Energy Security Center, for the latest episode of How We Got Here.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: War as contest for resources with III Reich as example
04:00 WWII resource warfare and Allied pressure
11:18 Interlude: NATO fuel logistics and eastern flank resilience
13:55 Drone warfare targeting energy infrastructure
17:00 Sanctions, support, and the limits of modern pressure
18:52 Expanding NATO’s energy security network
21:18 Fuel sources, diversification, and energy transition
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