Agreed. He should have saved the Ruskies for later, but those oil fields were mighty tempting.
They should have gone full boar for the Suez Canal and Middle East oil. Much easier grab.
How would they have gotten there?
They already were there.
IIRC Rommel was stuck in Egypt and was pushed out of the Middle East by the Brits, and pro-Nazi revolutions failed in Iran and Iraq. Also, there was the fact that the oil fields there were undeveloped so the fields in the Caucasus were the more attractive option. Of course, we all know they fucked that up badly as well.
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@NapoleanDawg can confirm.
Simple fact. Case closed. End of discussion.