Never knew the Hitler-Odisha connection...

During the Second World War, aluminum was used as a prime ingredient in fire bombs, including napalm, which killed tens of thousands of civilians in air raids over Germany and Japan. In fact, the main ores for war metals are all found in Orissa — iron, chromite and manganese for steel, bauxite, and uranium. Hitler was apparently well aware of Orissa’s iron and bauxite deposits, one reason why Japanese bombs were dropped on Orissa’s ports.

Hitler’s interest in Orissa’s bauxite/aluminium and iron ore is outlined in an article inOriya in Samaj, May 3, 2005 by Ajit Mahapatra who met one of Hitler’s key metal experts,and the widow of another.

Hitler, or one of his metallurgists is said to have remarked that “he who controls Orissa’s iron, controls the world”