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The powder keg of Europe refers to the Balkans, and various European powers that laid claim to the territory. Those countries primarily included Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
Hitler wanted Romanian oil and a deep southern flank. It was for this reason that the Balkans figured into his USSR plans.
they became rivals in the balkans because they both wanted the power to control it and the Dardanelles.
The Balkans were called the "Powder Keg of Europe" because they were responsible for World War I starting.