Historical account of the activities of Phillips Petroleum Company during World War II, and the various means by which Phillips fought World War II on the American home front including: research and development of petroleum technology, corporate conservation, shifts in labor policies, and the politics and diplomacy of oil as it related to company and national interests during World War II. How important was oil? After the war, Commander-in-Chief of the American Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz stated, ""Oil and oil products constituted more than twice the combined tonnage of all other supplies shipped overseas, including men, weapons, ammunition, and food."" Uncovering the wartime activities of Phillips 66 provides a fascinating account of the depths to which the American oil industry dove to ensure victory over the Axis powers.
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