Nickel and the 1940 New Caledonia Coup
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9613586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Lee (0000-0002-5446-7293, Australian National University), Alexander Mitchell Lee (0000-0002-7974-4728, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 290-303 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of French Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9468 • E-ISSN: 2046-2913 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/ajfs.2023.25 |
| OpenAlex | W4384339074 |
| Language | EN |
Australia and the Allies risked conflict with Vichy France to secure New Caledonia’s nickel and preserve the Allies’ monopoly control of that strategic metal. Nickel was a key wartime resource that the Axis powers had no easy way to produce or purchase at scale. After the fall of France there was a window of opportunity for the Axis powers to acquire immense quantities of nickel from the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. Such an outcome was unacceptable for the Allies in general and Australia in particular. The nickel of New Caledonia was an important but understudied reason for Allied strategic planning
Economic history · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Market economy · Metallurgy · Monopoly · Nickel · Political science · Resource (disambiguation · African history and culture studies · Computer Science · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |