Classic Europa Guidebook:
Soviet Energy, Fuel, and Power in the Second World War

The Soviet Union during the World War II era derived energy from many sources to run its economy, heat its buildings, and power its military: coal and other solid fuels, gasoline and other liquid fuels, natural gas and other gases, hydropower, wood, and human and animal power. They even used hydrogen as fuel in internal combustion engines to a limited extent during World War II. The Soviet military particularly depended upon liquid fuels made from oil, especially for its air, naval, and mechanized ground forces.

This Classic Europa guidebook covers this story of Soviet Energy. Find out more in Soviet Energy.

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