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Swedish iron ore (WWII)

The Swedish iron ore was an important theme in the World War II debate. Both the Allies and the Third Reich were keen on the control of the mining district in northernmost Sweden, surrounding the mining towns of Gällivare and Kiruna. Both the planned Franco-British support of Finland in the Winter War, and the following German occupation of Denmark and Norway (Operation Weserübung) were to large extent motivated by the wish to deny the respective enemy iron critical for wartime production.

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