The World War Two Allied Economic Warfare

Economic character of modern warfare is too
important to be underestimated. In the Economic
Warfare belligerents attempt to reduce the war
capacity of the enemy through various methods. In
World War II crushing down the German war production
and economy was the main target of the British
Ministry of Economic Warfare. For Germany, one of
the many ways of overcoming the British Economic
Warfare was to trade with the neutral countries that
had land connection to the Third Reich. Turkey was
one of them.The most important of all the Turkish
products was Chrome.It was indispensable for Germany
and therefore the supply of Germany by Turkish
Chrome had to be prevented.Turkey was free to trade
with both the Allies and the Axis. She was aware of
the importance of this asset and used it in every
occasion before and during the war to reach her
goals. As a neutral state. This study argues that
the Allied Economic Warfare regarding the chrome
sales failed in Turkey as a result of a series of
facts derived from the Allies, the Axis and Turkey
herself. The reasons for this failure are analyzed
throughout this work.

Autorentext

Murat Önsoy received his MA in International Relations from Bilkent University-Ankara. He obtained his Ph.D in Political Science from Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is currently a research assistant at Hacettepe University, Department of International Relations. e-mail: onsoymurat@hotmail.com

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Economic character of 'modern warfare' is too important to be underestimated. In the Economic Warfare belligerents attempt to reduce the war capacity of the enemy through various methods. In World War II crushing down the German war production and economy was the main target of the British Ministry of Economic Warfare. For Germany, one of the many ways of overcoming the British Economic Warfare was to trade with the neutral countries that had land connection to the Third Reich. Turkey was one of them.The most important of all the Turkish products was Chrome.It was indispensable for Germany and therefore the supply of Germany by Turkish Chrome had to be prevented.Turkey was free to trade with both the Allies and the Axis. She was aware of the importance of this asset and used it in every occasion before and during the war to reach her goals. As a neutral state. This study argues that the Allied Economic Warfare regarding the chrome sales failed in Turkey as a result of a series of facts derived from the Allies, the Axis and Turkey herself. The reasons for this failure are analyzed throughout this work.