"Reemtsma" in Crimea

The capture of the tobacco business''s resources in the southern Soviet Union was intended to provide the ''Reemtsma'' group with control over Europe''s tobacco production, transforming the company into a global player in the market for the product. In this context, the company operated in the shadow of the Wehrmacht: the latter had planned to conquer the Crimea and the Caucasus, as the key to glo...