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1. The Third Reich's: Bank of England: for the duration of the Second World War, the British fought a covert battle against a large-scale influx of forged bank notes that threatened to bust the economy. Marc Tiley traces the story of the largest counterfeiting scheme in history

Author

Tiley, Marc

Subjects
United Kingdom. Bank of England -- Powers and duties -- Cases -- Political activity, World War II, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects -- Cases, Bank notes -- Design and construction -- Cases, Forgery -- Cases, Counterfeiting (Money) -- Cases, National socialists -- Political activity -- Cases, Company legal issue
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ON SEPTEMBER 24th, 1942, the Bank of England received a bundle of forged 10 £ notes from the British Bank of West Africa. They were recorded as being, 'the most […]

Published
2007

2. Britain, Vietnam and the Special Relationship.

Author

Tiley, Marc

Subjects
*VIETNAM War, 1961-1975, *JUNGLE warfare, *DIPLOMATIC history in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975, *TWENTIETH century, *HISTORY, GREAT Britain-United States relations, BRITISH foreign relations, 20TH century British history
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The article details how Great Britain was involved in the Vietnam War, taking into consideration the historic special relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain. Notable people discussed include U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, British Prime minister Harold Wilson and British defence secretary Denis Healey. Topics include training of troops in jungle warfare, the use of British military equipment, and the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Published
2013

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