By Christian Ankerstjerne - Last modified 2026-01-01
Oil Production, 1940
Sources of German oil in 1940 in barrels per day.1DEIGHTON, Len. Blood, Tears and Folly : An Objective Look at World War II. ISBN 0-7858-1114-1. Page 501.
Source
Barrels per day
Germany
750 000
Austria
850 000
Poland and Czechoslovakia
550 000
Romania
2 500 000
Hungary
900 000
Synthetic oil
4 250 000
Other
1 000 000
Total
10 800 000
Raw Material Consumption, 1942
German consumption of steel, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten, nickel, copper, zinc, tin, aluminum, rubber (excluding recycled rubber), oil, and coal, in thousand tons.2Statistik über Waffen und Gerät. Heereswaffenamt. NARA T78 R146 H 15/5.2. Pages 61285-61290.
Raw Material
Consumption
Steel
32 000.0
Chromium
45.0
Manganese
240.0
Molybdenum
1.5
Tungsten
2.5
Nickel
4.5
Copper
164.0
Zinc
322.0
Tin
1.0
Aluminum
357.0
Rubber
97.0
Oil
6 500.0
Coal
320 000.0
References
DEIGHTON, Len. Blood, Tears and Folly : An Objective Look at World War II. Castle Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7858-1114-1. Page 501. Back
Statistik über Waffen und Gerät. 1943. Heereswaffenamt. NARA T78 R146 H 15/5.2. Pages 61285-61290. Back
Sources
Statistik über Waffen und Gerät. Berlin, 1943. 627 p. Heereswaffenamt. NARA T78 R146 H 15/5.2.
DEIGHTON, Len. Blood, Tears and Folly : An Objective Look at World War II. New York, NY : Castle Books, 1999. 653 p. ISBN 0-7858-1114-1.