Murat Onsoy

The World War Two Allied Economic Warfare Murat Onsoy

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.