It was code-named Operation Fish, an audacious, top-secret World War II scheme to spirit Britain’s entire gold reserves across the U-boat-infested North Atlantic to Canada to keep them from falling into the hands of the Nazis. It would become the largest transfer of physical wealth in history, worth more than $200 billion today. If it […]
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STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books here or at Amazon.
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