Wealth of an Empire The Treasure Shipments That Saved Britain and the World |
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| Author:
| Switky, Bob |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61234-496-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Potomac Books, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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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 US and Canada. Wealth of an Empire uses previously unused and unavailable original documents to shed new light on this underexplored aspect of Britain's wartime history.
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 US and Canada. Wealth of an Empire uses previously unused and unavailable original documents to shed new light on this underexplored aspect of Britain's wartime history.