Britain's wartime gold

Witness History - En podkast av BBC World Service

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When Britain went to war with Germany in 1939 it had to find somewhere to keep its money. Because of the risk of invasion, a decision was made to send the country's gold reserves to Canada. Vincent Dowd reports on what became known as 'Operation Fish'.Photo: Gold ingots. Credit: Science photo library

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