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Germany's ersatz gasoline in WWII
Posted by: ROBERT M. ()
Date: July 16, 2009 07:12AM

Hello all:

Just ran across this little tidbit........

"In 1944 General George S. Patton's Third Army was racing across southern France. In
his haste to be the first U.S. commander to cross into Germany, however, Patton
overextended his supply lines. His armored columns ground to a dead stop. Faced
with the choice of waiting until he could be resupplied or draining the fuel of
captured German vehicles, Patton chose the latter. His tanks and armored personnel
carriers continued to steamroll toward Germany, powered by the German's own ersatz
gasoline - synthetic fuel manufactured from coal."

I have a question. Was synthetic diesel fuel produced for U-boat use also?

Answers will be appreciated,

ROBERT M.

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