Because they wanted to prevent the energy resources of the middle east from falling into the hands of Nazi Germany.
Ida Tarbell wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company.
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It was a trust created by Rockefeller by buying other companies and giving them small profits.
Unfortunately, members of the State Department as well as heads of corporations such as Chase Bank, Ford and Standard Oil worked with the Nazis for profit during World War II. Standard Oil shipped fuel through Switzerland for Nazis in France. Even more troubling than corporate greed, is the fact the government allowed this to continue.
Because they wanted to prevent the energy resources of the middle east from falling into the hands of Nazi Germany.
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Autarky means economic self-sufficiency. Throughout World War 2 Germany had major problems with food, oil, rubber and several metals, as these commodities could not be imported. The Nazi regime spent vast sums of money on industrial plants for producing substitutes, especially oil from coal.
No, Imperial Germany did try to take Iran in the First World War, but failed. In the Second World War, the British Empire and the Soviet Union occupied Iran for the oil, there was no Nazi German attempt to take Iran.
Standard Oil's population is 1,909.
Standard Oil's population is 60,000.
Standard Oil ended in 1911.
Standard Oil was created in 1870.
Standard Oil of Iowa was created in 1885.
Standard Oil of Kentucky was created in 1886.
Standard Oil of Colorado ended in 1934.