THE MOTOR FUEL SUPPLY OF DENMARK (1940-1944)

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T Motor ri
1jJp
at A~rui3rk (19w14?ta4)
Jae 1 * F thar raetrictiQne on parII1ttted uQtor vhiale t1 2 is
hava a ed tl~e Wtvr ?uc1 eupp1y f'ar w, O but iiO/)OO
paeeangyr cgrp, qnl7 3,14~Q arc peer ttod tc b+ opentede. This io ~-
etiftdr outback tip in teary, wlnera about 10 percont of tha total
pr3a~=ate nwJUmr. of Paee(Irr ar vohic1a8 & ttI in opiir6ttw. . t
Woe )cea1.b3a to a Sect oQMif +trabl.o aavi:n of rim]. by 1lmiting t
oparatiorr o! + 111 trucks. U1 tr cke of laea tin ?Mton oapaotty
,y not ba operated,
3,000 gonarutor Wi drivan vahiclee aro rraitted to oporato,
With tha d9livrsry o!` try - rage ieitc iron and ntetala, th(r Production
of ntlxcatora a huu 24 g.,t urn arwuy
i e 11,0 r 'rhd motor 1uo1 supply of Denmark ie oonn iderpd eecura
until Nov~axner 19!O The convoreion of liquid-fuel, powored motor
vahiclhtJ tr) gaferatar g operation . continuos at a rteady pace.'
Au'~u 't 19l~0 (krruUA.ny to to daiivor 2,OC) torn of gasoline acid 2,000
tows of coal oil to Doruaark.
The copnnhagen Strcetaar Company alr. ear' has eocne gernerator?gan
fueled bones in opcrattona
It 1.0 hoped that Denmark's gaaoine supply may btu stretched by
mtxture with fuel alcohol to ba delivered from Germany.
1 pctobc r 111 r The gaaolino eituatton in Denmark has bocoma muoh
wnrHe. Deliverien from Germany are far behind echndu,le. The present
monthly quota of about 5,700 tone ins, according to the-Danish Govern.
moat, inadequate; they claim that it must be ratced to at leant 6,800 tone,
Coal oil deliveries from Germany ales are behind schedule. This
afpecta the potation and fishing, rather than industry.
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The o tuation re~erde other rni,n ra2 olio j , e6 be~oro, v@'
there h~va been no ohipmtnto srom ~o11ffy oinoo April
oritiar ~
It boo beeo knotti prob Lem to provide t induetr1es cones
oid?red far produot Wien orders WLth of L. Thore will bd autbaoke
~
o ohutdQWno in production by p1ae worg an
and, in eon oaaa ,
eifuttion to iproyod.
o i n ortIere on thin eooount, unless tale supp
ar 1LOO Denm kf~ gasoline Qupp3r ie again onaurod for a
l~ Novemb
Nortethe1eoo, it hu not been poooib1e to pera~t t1 use of
wh31e~
more liquid?fuel powered motor v?hio1e.
made of the 'Ranh ahtharities in jylland as to the etook~
ZnquJ.ry
show?d that there have been ooneidorab1e losses . :For example, id the
of where there axe 196 tank, 96 woro not in orders the
Thieted dietri
loos waa 60,5211it era . In tho Htiriap dietriot, 59 'conks out of 96
were not in ordor; the loch was 43,618 liters. It ie assumed that the
,
a' teohnioal d?ftaienoy, but duo to unauthorized
loeoos are not due to ny
withdrawa1a from the tanks.
'
On tho baeie of negotiations With the Reiohsrirteohafteminist?r,
considered eeoaro until the end of 1940. 0
the coal oil supply ie
.mi tur0 were released f the filling of German armament
tone of oil
with Danish f irma . Convereton measures are being pushed,
orders..: placed
and is a~sotod t11 t gurraeieter and Wain,' the largest oil oonswnor,
it will be able to eff eot a monthly saving of 100-1~O tons from January
1941
on.
of oi1~miXture far indus try and 3,X00 tong of gas oil
700 tone
h
for thA fish,ng induet have been promised for the period up to te
~'
new year. 7'O tone of gas oil per month froul Danish stooks have been
....
placed at the disposal of ' tho fiohing industry.
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,bout 6,000 genorator gas pOwered truoks (bi.u'ning wood) ozo
ourxont1r in oporatLon. The Danish gover nt h granted per t~ for
-
about ,000 more. This should ropresent about the top limit, in vier
3
of the hortga of boooh wood which js becoming poroeptible. It had
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,11kiins13' been Plonn@d to ~r lioenue f~ 3,000 peat enordtor gas
g -
power?d vehialos, but this figure oannot ba +attained, as Danish peat
itable for that purpose. The use at natural gas La' automotive
ie not sa
power hags proBroseed in northern Jylland.
aembor 1944s There is aattioient gasoline to oovor tbo most
De
urgent requirements
oncequenoo of the oonveroion program, the liquid-fuel requiro-
In o
mart to be aatiaf ied by Oermax y ahoulrl be smaller
a etop in roduotng the liquid Lue1 requirement, fishing outtore
A8 have been satisraotorii operated acing generotor gas os ?u1. This
is atilt in the exporimontol stages.
191$l! The motor Lief %equirenont or tho Danish industries
1~ Janua
mean axm&mGnt production will be 3~O tone for the month
engaged in as
or Janua as oompared to 400 tone for the pmvious month.
1,00 light trucks have been authorized to operate, 1,000 wood"
~
generator"gas-powerod and X00 e1eotrioa11y driven
l ~1t Danish industries producing 0erman armament orders
1~ February _ 9
are to be provided with a monthly allotment of 3~O tone of liquid fuel
provisiona11t until April 1911. This should cover the most urgent need,
.
Biiaeieter and Wain the largest liquid fuel oonsu1ner, has cut
down its consumption of those fuels by conversion to others. However,
.
numerous quarries and gravel pits have received orders from the Germans,
but because of the nature off` Choir business, they have not yet under-
taken conversion
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About .. 8,000 g? ere ors a drivoh motor v hio1.oo pro ourrontl `
in operation. oohor 1,000 duoh v?htoloe are eohoduled to be pond
: upereYiof
naetora of wood
wood.
The 9,000 vehioloe Will raqura about ~LO,oO cubic
The are not enough drjng inetailationa ?or the
The ahortBge of
stool oylindare ?or compressed tae lilts tha
use of natural gsa (methane) ao in automotive Luol. The aource oZ
the gu ie in the vicinity of Frederikah vn. Tha natural gao has been
used suoceooZu11y fac eoveral months ~a a bue Auer
garb de generators have come out on the Danish market. It ie
estimated that there is eufioient oarbide for 1, oo-l j6oo genuratore.
Following is a euxvey of the liquid Luel supply o Denmark during
January 19L4ie
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Aviation
gasoline
automobile
gasoline
Coat 031
(taus)
Gas-oil
and light
heating ai7.
IIeavy
heatiiag
oil
Special
gasoline
Test
gasoline
Total
(tams}
,(t,~)
Stock aa of
. I January 19h1
:L=351
u,542
7,899
7a23d
828
31b
261
29,1;26
Imports frosi
Germany
?
ka097
2,917
1y$3!4
8,18
Secured from
elsewhere
6,688
......
853
7s5I1
Total
1,351
22,326
10,81E
9,517
828
316
261
c3
consvisetl
;:
' it Deasark
2,71atc
2,tsG8
3,510
228
9aO9i
Correction
8214
82
Total of 7,oss
2,7Iglj
2,1g1,8
3s510
828
228
9,878
Stock as of
31 aaa Is4l
1,291
19,582
8,368
6,007
33
35,53?
Stock as of
i Oct 7.9413
for co_ _ ' on
purposes
1a556
10,201
8,122
:12sT87
1sShD
172
262
311&,580
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3 roh l9 Lilt Thorn woc no o@ for eoriou oo~p aunt Ivor the
uo. oitudtion.
Thu' iota' ahd Wth has Qonvortod en oii4irod Stemen~. zrttn
'urnaoo, used ?oI hettn Qhrome~olybdertum oetin eteei~ to ooa]
duet firing.
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23 19 t The Oerman troops charged with the oorwtruotion
of ?ortt ionttons along the west ooa~t Donmourk have rcqueetod 10,000
heotolitere - 13,000 cubic meters of ~onor+ttor wood. Tho Oerman
Army was not in a position to provide its so ?thoy turned to the
Armament Staff Danmark, which negotiated with the Danish goverment`
Danmark +e generator wood reeervoa were fax too email to meet ite
own needs, but 10,000 hootolitere were obtatnod.
Oen?rator wood ?rom the OtiL of Riga vu p1aood at the dir~poeal
of Orge.itteatton Todt.
tZ2h 1,_1 The Dantsh government ie no longor in a position to
provide generator wood for the op?ration or Dnnish truoke hired by
the Oranieation Todt and the Fortifiaationa Engineering Stf. The
Fortifications Engineertng Staff requtroa about 1,000 cubic ntere
of generator wood for the work on ?orti f ioatione on Jylland. More-
over, the Commander of the Dormsn troopn in Denmark requires ~,OOO
cubic meters for rented preparedness trucks. 1 000-1, OO cubic
meters from the Ealtic will be provided far the operation of the
truoke r
Souroe: GMDS Doc No Wi/1E 1.2h
3 A r I s It has been very difficult to provide the trucks used
on Jylhuad for fortification work with geraertor wood. The Dues
cannot eupp . it
and cannot match the 20,000 cubic metore 22~,OOO
heotolitera provided by germsny. The Danish government did. however,
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provide 1,150 oubLa metore a ]3 040 heota3Lt?re ae a "tiding aver'
quantity o ganerator wood
1,200 oubtc meters a 3.U,000 heotoUtore o1 generator wood wig
be ?hipp?d 'ror the O V of 1iga to Denmark.
The Danish government a1 o provided 5,000 oubio ~wtere 60,000
heotolitoz' oJ' generator woad ?or the 300 truoke rooted by rho O rirtna
?or preparodnea o purpooee
21, Junin 191i3 s The Dantah ~ovarwnont r.U provide 20,000 cubic motets e
225,000 heotolitora of ~onorator wood monthly Lot a period of 6 months.
The wood will powor trucks uood by the Organteation Todt d special
Conetruotion Staff of the Air Poroe Lor fortirication work on. JyUande
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30 October 19I L3 t No difricultios in the fuel eupplj ocourrod? 1,680
liters or gaaolino and 181,320 kilograms of diesel oil were requortod,
.and a:fttw examination of the applications by the Armament Staff
Denmark, 920 lit?ro of gasoline and 178,320 kilograms or diesel oil
were provided. The increased allocation or diesel oil is eonditionod
by the requests of the Nanea Program.
31') November 19113 s No difficulties in the liquid fuel aupp1y occurred,
or the 560 liters of gasoline and 231i,21*0 kilograms of diesel oil
requested, 520 biters or gasoline and 161,810 kilograms of dieael oil
were allotted
3a. December 191431 No diCfioulties in the liquid fuel supply occurred.
2,100 liters of gasoline and l8,00 kilograms or diesel oil were
requested and allotted.
The reason for the decrease in requests for diesel oil is that
there was no allotment Lor the Hansa Program in November and that
the firni Burmeister and Wain had already received its quarterly quota
in October.
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The ?ituatto~ with roopmot to ~enoritor wood im
as Zoilows
The Dantoh governor t has deo1arod itoelf t?m orarjl r0
p Y A pared
to provido tom Oernian troopo with 60 ooo heotolitez'
, par month ?ro~
its own otocaks,
The 60,ooo heotolltora ourrolatly oftorod b thm
by nanieh government
oontraeta with the ?oUowin~ ruquaste a Forti?ioatione
Engtaoering
3ta1'f 31 and the Qrganjeation Todt, 70,000 heotolitere
per month;
Offioe oZ New Gonetruotion of tho ir Force 60,000 heot
olitero per
inonthg 30,000 h?otolitera for the Armed Fox'aes Cor*andor of 0?nraark
for mobi1jeation auppll?e ( tho Danes have alma
dy provided 601t)a0
heotolitera for this). This neane a total ra uoet tor about 1,234,000
hootoiterc for tho months Jane ? Au t. The tote,
~+ l poeeibla
yield of the Danish ?oreate is estimated at 8,000,000 h
ectolit,ers
annually.= Howover, tho Danes have not pushed this production to a
s1iffioient]1r high level, Added to this is tha fact that the existing
drying installations are fax too inadequate to prooess such uantit
q ies
in suoh a short time
Furtherreors, most of the smaller sawm11] s are not close to the
main highways, which poses diffioultiec as regards transport
ationr
~ Thus th$
, planned delly oriel for January late February.
A speoial, office, besides the Organisation Todt, has been set
up to arrange for the transport of generator woodo
Application for 200,000 heotolitera from Generatorkraft
AGi
Berlin, was turned down, and it may prove necessary to confiscate
~'J-' the needed quantity from Danish stoop re ard1ess of
, g the effect it
may have on the Danish economy,
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23 Fa944 Wi11 be amel~or~tod ean~rdiat by th. 30i00O heatolit~ro
from German6' Pox to~titioetion work and the promised 5~,C? haabolitoro
@ ` eaton~ ~ pnor&to' wood ~upp2' reported on
3, MLZ'oh 191~t T
from inland
ton3 of diesel oil and 2,770 Liters o? gaeoiim
30 k P$1 )?' 1~5
ludod 3.30 tore o? dioeo1 oil ?or t flanoa
zero allooatedj thio ino
Program
T e allooation at 500 tone o &Lo 1 oil and 3,000 Mere of
OOVerP tim moat urgent reguiroment o? the Bata
gaaalint?~orarily
Pro1'amo
Oen?ratar wood, as re orted in preVLous months, is in
~'
ort supP1Y. The flanisb~ overrei'nt io delVAring as bo?oro, X0,000
sh ~
h?otoliters per month ?~' torti?ioation work on Sylland. In late
pril, the ?irst oarloads of t:m 30,000 heotalitero promised lac
A
fortiaanon work awed ?rav Oermafl7e Mien off' the wood,
however, showed it to ba o poor' qualit7 and requiring frth er proo
whioh roeuled in a L~040% loss
easing,
the automotive fuel situation was aatie?aotory.
In Kroh 19L~,
31 May l9li4 No di??ioulties in the supply' o? diesel oil and
t
gasoline ooourrad in Mar.
tons of diesel oil and 1,400 liters of ga$oiih were &Uooatea,
122
noluding 20 tons o diesel oil for the Nana Program.
i
~:%, June 191. In the itonth o? June, 6Li,14 ~ tons 'sioJ of diesel
oil for the Hama Program, and 191 lit era
oil, 120 tone of diesel.
o? gasoline were allooatedo
The monthly doiver~t of X0,000 heotolitera of
the Oerinrator krdit A0 is no longer poeaible, as
generator gee by
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heotolitero. The out in the afotmQnt of liquid fuel has reeulted
hoctolitero reportad on 15 July 19Zi4 should be upped to 60,000
military developmontn there. Moreov?r, the requirements at the
troops on the dot ?ront end in the Reich itself have inoreeoe
d,
as their liquid ?uel supply has been out. Ong the fu@1 re 4re..
meat of the ocoupation troops in Aenina k (30,000 heoto1iter') will
be aovercd by chip me from aernnanr. Thus the ehorta a of
500 tons of generator ooal.ooka have been guaranteed for the
needs are nearly oovered?
in an increased use of wood Ceneratore to the tune of about 14,000
WOtolitors, eo the Monthly ahortaSo rune about 70,000 heoto to
li rs,
Savings through the addition of peat ehouid mount to 20 peroent
of the total requirement, or 30,400 hectoliters, Thin however
ie oontingont upon the availabjlit1 of dry, usable generator peat.
Of the !t8 tons of oharooal for the heating of generators re'
quested, a inaxLmui ot30 tone can be delivered. A e_ eaial allotment
of 10 tons from Danish stooks hae boer arranged so the most urgent
2,000 liters of gasoline were applied far, of which 23.7 tons of
31 Au tst 1914t In the month of Au~ast, 59 tone of diesel oil and
operation of trucks in fortification work,
diesel oil and 350 liters of gasoline were allocated.
These outs were unavoidable, as Denmark received no liquid fuel
in July and Auguat. Serious outbacke in operation can still be
7,000 rm 70,000 heotolitere of generator wood have not been
report of 15 August 19ltI. atilt obtain. The reported shortage of
-5 September 19)4, The _ diffioult~.es mQnt,onc~d in the situation
avoided,
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the Wood eupp from tern grope has been j?opardL ed by the
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promised, ao the oont1nuenoe Of work on the orderad ?ortlfioatlon
oonetruotion io ooriou?1y throatened. It io oxaeadingly dif'1Iau1t
to prooaro buitable genertor p?et in Danmrk.
In the month oL' Septombarl 7L tone o? dieoe1 oil and 1,390
litera o? gasoline were dpp1iod for, of iah L tone of divoel oil
and 726 liters o? gaooline were a11ooated.
There woo no aerioua limitation o? operationa~ booaueo o a liquid
fuel ohortage.
1 Septe~ab?r 194 It it ooneiderod abaol tt?1y nooeeoary th&t the
monthl~r purohaeea of 60,000 heotolitero of generator wood oontinue~
as the roquiro~nent o? 130,000 hoatolitera required for ?ortifioation
oonabruotion cannot be oovered by ahipments ?rorn Oerrnanye
The 30,000 heotoliter monthly requirement o? the troops will
be covered by the German Armod Foroes ehipmanta.
l~ Ootober 19Ii As in pravioue montha, 60,000 rm o? generator tank
wood were delivored in September ?rom Danish etooka The transport
o? this wood to Fyn and Jy11and, which formerly was by boat, must
now be by rail, as there is a shortage o? diesel oil for the ships.
The proourement o? the requisite' 204 railroad oars for this is very
difficult because of the tight transportation situation. There is
a monthly' shortage o? 3,000 liters of diesel oil ?or ship transport.
A shipment o? 10,000 r-n of generator tank wood per month is
corning ?rom Germany for the troops and for f orti?ioation work. Of
this 10,000 rm, the troops require 4,500 and the Organisation Todt
gets rm, which besides the monthly 6,000 ran from Danish stooks,
amount to ll, BOO rrn for f ortifioation work. 33,000 rm are needed,
however, and the difference is made up by puxohasec.
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2 Novoinbor 19Zt rho gon~rator wood itu tioh ie ottin~ tutor
from mont1i to month a tho dolivorioo 'r?m the got and ?rom Finl&nd
h&vo coad~ Au boom thb Atop ~ovorninont id rovidin on3y
60,404 heotolit?rr for month. 03000 boatdlttor~ pr ~
Qnth sr~
vomtn ,dram aer~niy, 4~,0Q0 hootoiitez'o o thio bain~ requtrad by
tho armedoro~o With d total r~quiromant of 130,000 hoctolitGrs
for ?orti iodtion con tzuotion, there i~ & ~horta~d of 10,000 hooto.
1itora Which moat be obtain fd by pu ohaeo.
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