Strategically positioned at the crossroads of key transportation routes and with access to vital stocks of wheat, iron, and timber, Rostow has become an essential hub for the Nazi economic machine. The city serves as a logistical center for the supply and movement of troops, weaponry, and raw materials to fronts all throughout the Reich, and its bristling port.

Most importantly, Rostow connects trade from the Black Sea with the river routes of the other Reichskommissariats. Oil tankers from Kaukasien steam up the Volga from Astrakhan, across the Volga-Don Shipping Canal near Paulusburg, and out the Don through Rostow. The city is an easy route for freight of all kinds and a vital passage for the continued operation of German economic exploitation in Eastern Europe.