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Source: Edgar Mowrer & Marthe Raichman, Global War : An Atlas of World
Strategy.

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-   [[ 1 ]{.tocnumber} [ Manganese production (\~ May 1942)
    ]{.toctext}](#Manganese_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29)
-   [[ 2 ]{.tocnumber} [ Nickel production (\~ May 1942)
    ]{.toctext}](#Nickel_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29)
-   [[ 3 ]{.tocnumber} [ Chrome production (\~ May 1942)
    ]{.toctext}](#Chrome_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29)
-   [[ 4 ]{.tocnumber} [ Tungsten production (\~ May 1942)
    ]{.toctext}](#Tungsten_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29)
-   [[ 5 ]{.tocnumber} [ Antimony production (\~ May 1942)
    ]{.toctext}](#Antimony_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29)
-   [[ 6 ]{.tocnumber} [ Uranium production (\~ Aug 1939)
    ]{.toctext}](#Uranium_production_.28.7E_Aug_1939.29)
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##### [ ]{#Manganese_production_(~_May_1942)} [ Manganese production (\~ May 1942) ]{#Manganese_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29 .mw-headline}

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                      Share of world total
  USSR                40%
  Ghana               10%
  South Africa        10%
  Egypt               2%
  Belgian Congo       1%
  China               1%
  India               16%
  Portuguese India    1.5%
  Japan               1.5%
  Other Asia          1%
  French Morocco      2%
  Germany & Austria   9%
  Other Europe        2%
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##### [ ]{#Nickel_production_(~_May_1942)} [ Nickel production (\~ May 1942) ]{#Nickel_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29 .mw-headline}

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                  Share of world total
  Canada          88%
  New Caledonia   6%
  USSR            2%
  Burma           1%
  Norway          1%
  Greece          1%
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##### [ ]{#Chrome_production_(~_May_1942)} [ Chrome production (\~ May 1942) ]{#Chrome_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29 .mw-headline}

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                  Share of world total
  Zimbabwe        22%
  South Africa    13%
  USSR            15%
  Caribbean       5%
  New Caledonia   4%
  Turkey          18%
  India           5%
  Philippines     6%
  Yugoslavia      5%
  Greece          3%
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##### [ ]{#Tungsten_production_(~_May_1942)} [ Tungsten production (\~ May 1942) ]{#Tungsten_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29 .mw-headline}

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                                             Share of world total
  China                                      38%
  USA                                        8%
  Bolivia                                    5%
  Other South America                        5%
  Other Allied                               9%
  Burma                                      13%
  Korea                                      4%
  Portugal                                   6%
  Malaya                                     3%
  [Indochina](/wiki/Indochina "Indochina")   1%
  Thailand                                   .5%
  Other (Axis)                               5%
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##### [ ]{#Antimony_production_(~_May_1942)} [ Antimony production (\~ May 1942) ]{#Antimony_production_.28.7E_May_1942.29 .mw-headline}

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                      Share of world total
  China               36%
  South America       21%
  Mexico              19%
  North America       1%
  Czechoslovakia      4%
  Yugoslavia          3%
  Other Axis Europe   11%
  Other (Axis)        1%
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##### [ ]{#Uranium_production_(~_Aug_1939)} [ Uranium production (\~ Aug 1939) ]{#Uranium_production_.28.7E_Aug_1939.29 .mw-headline}

This information comes from Einstein\'s Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt
(dated August 2, 1939).

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                   Value of Source
  USA              Very poor ores in moderate quantities
  Canada           Some good ores
  Czechoslovakia   Some good ores
  Belgian Congo    The most important source
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