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Turkey remained neutral in World War II. Although often given little attention in World War II histories, this was a matter of major importance in the outcome of the War. Germany's most significant weakness was oil and while Turket did not have major oil reserves of its own, it was located near to three major sources of oil, including two developed fields (Iraq and the Soviet Caucauses). Turkey as aAZI ally would have provided a significant threat to the Soviet Caucasian oil fields. Turkey would have provided an important ally to the Germans in their 1942 southern offensive. Turkey almost certainly could have also seized the oil fields in Iraq that supplied the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and the 8th Army in Egypt.