Supply convoys bound for Britain and Singapore become an obvious German target while Allied forces mobilise. Because the United States is benevolently neutral in this scenario, Berlin might hope that attacks would frighten Washington away from deeper involvement, although the result could be the opposite. German calculations also depend on Romanian oil, a possible advance through the Black Sea toward Georgia and Baku, and Soviet trade that may disappear once Germany attacks Allies fighting beside Soviet forces in the Far East. Raiding these convoys could disrupt British mobilisation at the cost of worsening relations with both Washington and Moscow. The target therefore links commerce raiding to fuel access and diplomacy.
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Germany weighs attacks on supply convoys to Britain and Singapore
German planners could attack US-backed supply convoys bound for Britain and Singapore, tying commerce raiding to American neutrality, Soviet trade, and access to oil.