Britain's wartime gold - a podcast by 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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