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362436 (Ron) wrote:
Oh I guess those German submarines must have stopped into US Harbors
during
WW2, to replenish oil supplies, after raiding our convoys.
try the canary islands.
Try again
Much to the displeasure of the Germans the Spaniards interned
a number of U-boat crews that turned up in the Canary Islands and
they were desperately short of fuel themselves
see
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp16.htm
You'll find that oil imports to Spain were only allowed
on the basis that Spain distance itself from the Axis.
The only real concession the spaniards made was agreeing
to turn a blind eye to the presence of german tankers in
Spanish territorial waters.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp10.htm
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp11.htm
Keith