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Operation Fish
WWII evacuation of British wealth to Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Fish was the relocation of British money and gold ingots from the United Kingdom to Canada for safekeeping during the Second World War. It was the largest known movement of physical wealth in history.[1]
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