Why Did Germany Not Fully Exploit the Norwegian Nickel Industry, 1940–45?

Pål Thonstad Sandvik and Jonas Scherner

Chapter 11 in Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe, 2016, pp 273-298 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Nickel was one of the key strategic metals in both World Wars. It was a crucial steel alloy. Nickel made steel harder and more heat resistant and was used in armoured steel, gun barrels, torpedoes, aircraft engines and so on. During World War I, Germany experienced acute shortages of nickel. Nickel was therefore on the top of the list of materials that Germany needed to procure. All the major deposits were then under Entente control, mainly in New Caledonia in the South Pacific and in Canada. However, Germany was able to secure some wartime imports from Norway.

Keywords: Nickel Metal; Imperial Chemical Industry; German Authority; Nickel Matte; Alien Property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53423-1_11

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