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Economic history of World War II

  • Swedish iron-ore industry during World War IIIn 1939, Nazi Germany received 22 million tons of iron ore from various sources. Of that total, Sweden supplied 9 million tons annually.
  • Bretton Woods systemDelegates from 44 Allied countries gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, for the United Nations Monetary and…
  • World War II reparationsIn August 1945, the Allied powers gathered at Potsdam to finalize how Germany would pay for the war. The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Soviet…