Did Germany attack USSR because of oil at Baku region?

This source, a review of War for Oil by Dietrich Eichholtz suggests the Germans did get close enough, at least as far as bombing in and around Baku was ... read more

Hitler wanted to attack Soviet Union for Lebensraum (German for 'living space'). He had written about it in his autobiography, Mein Kampf. Oil in Baku region was also an area in Soviet Union he wanted to occupy as it would supply Germany's oil needs. read more

In 1942, the Germans captured a relatively small oil complex at Maikop in the North Caucasus, and got within 25 miles of a larger one at Grozny. But the biggest prize was at Baku, on the "far" (southwest) side of the Trans-Caucasus region, on the Caspian Sea. read more

In 1942, Germany's Fall Blau was initially aimed at capturing or interdicting shipments of oil from the Caucasus to the rest of the Soviet Union. Even though armies were diverted to Stalingrad and even Leningrad, the Germans managed to capture Maikop, and came within 50 miles of Grozny. read more