Operation Fish: The race to save Europe's wealth, 1939-1945
Alfred Draper
Brilliant book written about a little-known operation in WW2 by someone very close to it. It was the largest movement of wealth in history and to this day is not really understood.
Dimensions
22 x 14.5 cm
Pages
377
Publisher
Cassell, London, 1979.
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: English.
One copy is available
Condition:Used, good condition (visible signs of use)
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