Article: Rock of Contention: Free French and Americans at War in New Caledonia, 1940-1945.(HISTORY (GENERAL))(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Rock of Contention.(Rock Of Contention: Free French ...
Wisconsin Bookwatch;  January 1, 2006 ;     507 words ... ... Kim Munholland presents Rock Of Contention: Free French And Americans At War In New Caledonia, 1940-1945, a close scrutiny of why Franco ... suspicion, fear, and even paranoia that colored Free French policy toward the Americans present at virtually ...

Article: What price gloire. (freeing French hostages in Ouvea, New ...
The Nation;  May 28, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... principle, all the inhabitants of New Caledonia are French citizens, and the ... assault was staged on May 5 to free French gendarmes held hostage by the ... In economic and social terms, New Caledonia is a tupical case of colonialism ...

Encyclopedia entry: New Caledonia
The Oxford Companion to World War II;      330 words ...New Caledonia, French colony, a Pacific island situated some 480 km ... south-south-east of the New Hebrides, opted for de Gaulle and the Free French after the fall of France in June 1940. In August 1940 a pro-Vichy ...

Article: ECOTOURISM IN NEW CALEDONIA.
Parks & Recreation;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... development circles for the interior of new Caledonia's Grande Terre and Loyalty Islands ... are its nature and culture themes. New Caledonia is becoming one of the newest alternative ... agriculture. Tourism Development in New Caledonia New Caledonia is new to marketing ...

Article: New Caledonia: Chapter 1. General Information
Countries of the World;      700+ words ... ... Information Official Name Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies Political Status Overseas ... Pacifique franc (CFPF) Major Islands New Caledonia and (Grand Terre) Island Groups ... Chesterfield Islands The Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (New Caledonia ...

Article: New Caledonia buys 22-million-dollar vessel from ...
Philippines News Agency;  May 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Officials of the South Province of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands have ordered one ... commission of economic development of New Caledonia South Province, said the group chose ... seas like those between the islands in New Caledonia, Descombels told reporters at the ...

Article: Bifurcation of the Subtropical South Equatorial Current against ...
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Islands, the Vanuatu archipelago, and New Caledonia are the major topographic obstacles ... in December 2004 between Vanuatu and New Caledonia is presented herein. An inverse box ... s^sup -1^) between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Of that, 6 2 Sv bifurcated to the ...