Title Wealth of an empire : the treasure shipments that saved Britain and the world / Robert Switky.

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Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.

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Edition	First edition.
Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Shoring Up Support; 2 For the Sake of the Realm; 3 Seeking Refuge from the Storm; 4 Gold and the Phony War; 5 Thin Armor; 6 Into the Furnace of the War; 7 Living from Hour to Hour; 8 Keeping Mum; 9 Taking Fearful Risks; 10 Britain's Most Valuable Convoy; 11 Clearing the Decks in Halifax; 12 Speculation; 13 Credit; Appendix 1: Code Names and Nicknames; Appendix 2: Tracking Ships and Shipments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.
Summary	Wealth of an Empire tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great BritainÆs 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 treasure-laden ships, the war could have been lost more than eighteen months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British government authorized this immensely risky and long-running operation not only because of the obvious danger that GermanyÆs rising militancy posed but also becaus.
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Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British.
	World War (1939-1945)
	Naval convoys -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Naval convoys.
	Great Britain.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Bank reserves -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Bank reserves.
	Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
	International economic relations.
	United States.
	United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Switky, Robert, 1961- Wealth of an empire. First Edition 9781612344966 (DLC) 2013013185 (OCoLC)841206016
ISBN	9781612344973 (electronic book)
	1612344976 (electronic book)
	9781612344966
	1612344968
Standard No.	40022889553

Title Wealth of an empire : the treasure shipments that saved Britain and the world / Robert Switky.

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