Wealth of an Empire : The Treasure Shipments that Saved Britain and the World /

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This book tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great Britain's shipment of virtually its entire treasury across the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic to safety in the United States and Canada. Had the Germans captured or sunk the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Switky, Robert, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Naval convoys.
International economic relations.
Economics.
Bank reserves.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Banques > Reserves > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Convois (Marine) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect economique > Grande-Bretagne.
Bank reserves > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Naval convoys > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
United States.
Great Britain.
United States > Foreign economic relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign economic relations > United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Shoring Up Support
  • For the Sake of the Realm
  • Seeking Refuge from the Storm
  • Gold and the Phony War
  • Thin Armor
  • Into the Furnace of the War
  • Living from Hour to Hour
  • Keeping Mum
  • Taking Fearful Risks
  • Britain's Most Valuable Convoy
  • Clearing the Decks in Halifax
  • Speculation
  • Credit
  • Appendix 1 : Code Names and Nicknames
  • Appendix 2 : Tracking Ships and Shipments.

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