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Gold run : the rescue of Norway's gold bullion from the Nazis, April 1940 /

The German invasion of Norway on the night of April 8th/9th 1940 almost took Norway completely unawares; had it not been for the defiance of one small coastal battery, the Norwegian Royal Family, Government, and nearly 50 tons of Gold bullion would have had no chance to escape. In desperate haste th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pearson, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Casemate, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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500 |a Originally published as Redd Gullet! by Dinamo Forlag, Norway. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The Sinking of the Blucher April 8-9th -- The Flight & Fight Begins April 9th -- The Bank and the Bullion -- Flight to Lillehammer April 9-10th -- Allied Help Arrives -- Move the Bullion! -- Andalsnes -- HMS Galatea -- The Road to Molde April 24th-29th -- Molde-Capital of Norway -- A Daring Rescue April 29th -- D/S Driva April 30th -- The Road from Molde -- Welcome Arrivals -- HMS Enterprise -- The 'Sealed Cargo' Arrives in the UK -- Pimpernel Gold -- Atlantic Sailings -- The Issue of Gold. 
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