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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Switky, Robert, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bank reserves--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Bank reserves.

Naval convoys--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Naval convoys.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Great Britain.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Great Britain.

United States.

Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--United States.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

First Edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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 beca

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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-497-6

OCLC:

861080396