During WW2, when armies advancing through enemy territory captured enemy factories / oil refineries, how did this actually work in practice?

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Did they have their own scientists / specialists travelling in the rear who then try to figure out how to get the facility back online? I’m assuming here that the enemy workers have already fled and the facilities are empty.

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Not everyone will flee when an invading army approaches. A lot will stay behind to protect their homes. Many will not have a place to flee to do they stay. If you stay then you’re looking to survive. If the invaders are nice they will leave your factory/refinery intact and put you back to work. It’s kind of like buying protection from the mob.

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