Seizure or Purchase? French Deliveries for German Purposes in World War II, 1940–44

Boldorf, Marcel

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“…87 This extra-territorial approach to resource mobilization paralleled other aspects of German economic activity in occupied countries, characterized by a mixture of seizure strategies and contractual arrangements with established businesses. 88 The seriousness of the German plans, and the clear connection between Norwegian resources and Germany's air war, were in evidence by late April 1940, when Göring sent representatives of both the air ministry and the Junkers works to study and assume authority over the Norwegian aluminium industry. Göring's team consolidated smelters owned by foreign companies into Nordische Aluminium AG and drew up contracts with Norwegian aluminium companies.…”

Section: Mobilizing Power and Interconnecting Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water powers: the Second World War and the mobilization of hydroelectricity in Canada, the United States, and Germany

Cohn¹,

Evenden²,

Landry³

2020

Journal of Global History

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Comparing three of the major hydroelectric power-producing countries during the war – Canada, the United States, and Germany – this article considers the implications of expanding hydroelectricity for war production and strategy, and how wartime decisions structured the longer-term evolution of large technological systems. Despite different starting points, all three countries pursued similar strategies in attempting to mobilize hydroelectricity for the war effort. The different access to and use of hydro in these states produced a vital economic and ultimately military advantage or disadvantage. The global dimensions of hydroelectric development during the war, moreover, demonstrate that this conflict was a turning point in the history of electrification.

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Section: Mobilizing Power and Interconnecting Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%