Conquests in the Balkans and on the African continent (cp. back issues) have placed the German forces in a secure enough position from which to take Middle Eastern oil fields by force.. Special Wehrmacht units like “Mineralölkommando Süd” were especially trained to seize the oil as soon as control was established. Since then, Ostöl-IG has been flooding the occupied regions with dirt-cheap petroleum products. This has also benefited allied axis powers: in spite of the US oil embargo, Japan has been able to strengthen its position in the Far East.

With all of Europe under its control, the German Reich has now begun to rebuild the destroyed continent. Most of the destruction was wreaked by the Germans themselves during the course of their violent conquests. Now the focus is on the expansion of the autobahns. The Reichsautobahn’s executive board recently announced the extension of the roadway system to a total length of 5,000 kilometers. The Fuehrer’s intention is to have all roads lead to future Germania (today’s Berlin). Following the Greater German example, multi-lane autobahns are to be built from Paris to Baghdad. Although the measure has been officially declared a ‘work creation’ scheme, the international League of Nations doubt that only free citizens will take part in road construction works. However since no filming is permitted in the Axis occupied territories, a unanimous resolution could not be reached for lack of tangible evidence.

German roads are meanwhile dominated primarily by the ‘Strength through Joy’ vehicle popularly known as the “Beetle”, constructed in 1937. Thousands of these affordable little runabouts race the new German autobahns from Bückeburg to Oberammergau: fuel is only three Pfennigs per liter – prices free Americans can only dream about. For them, a litre of fuel meanwhile costs the equivalent of almost four Reichsmarks.