Reply 20 of 39, by ThinkpadIL
Errius wrote on 2022-08-03, 00:46:The postwar prosperity of the world is based on cheap oil. The big Arab oilfields were mostly discovered during WW2 and came online in the 1950s. It was a huge economic boost for the whole world, victors and vanquished alike.
That's not true. Arab oilfields were discovered many years before WW2. That's why there were heavy battles in the desert between Rommel and Montgomery.