Operation FI$H: The Race To Save Europe’ Wealth 1939-45

[Xerxes]

I bought this book in 2021 in an obscure second hand book shop in Vancouver.
 

Have not fully read it yet. I knew of the operation as a Montrealer, so that is why it caught my attention. 
 

It is an interesting topic. Imagine a world without Michael Saylor and Bitcoin !!
 

What it takes to make the largest movement of wealth from Great Britain to Canada. 
 

During WW2, the entire wealth of British treasury was sent in secret to Montreal and kept inside the SunLife building. 

That became the “collateral” that kept Britain line of credit open. 
 

The Canadians being Canadian did not charge any handling/storage fee. *sigh*

Total Valuation (Gemini)

Wartime Nominal Value: Roughly £1.5 billion to £1.8 billion at the time (equivalent to over $5 billion to $7 billion USD in 1940 values).

 

Modern Inflation-Adjusted Value: Estimated at $160 billion to $300 billion USD today.

[Xerxes]

Chapter 7 and 11 looks juicy to read 

 

 

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