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Nazi Germany was heavily dependent on iron ore imports from Sweden
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Historical scholarship and reference texts confirm that Nazi Germany relied heavily on foreign sources for the majority of its iron ore, with Swedish imports playing a vital role in meeting its industrial and wartime demands.

Evidence for · 9
Book: Exercising Control of the Sea
2020 · cited by 0
Mentions that iron ore was transported from Sweden and Norway to Germany via specific routes.
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Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers 1890-1940
2002 · cited by 0
States Germany was dependent on foreign sources for 75-80 percent of its iron ore, specifically highlighting Swedish imports.
Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers, 1890-1940
1997 · cited by 0
Identical text to item 4, confirming heavy German dependence on Swedish iron ore.
Published for the University of Toronto, Dept. of Geography by the University of Toronto Press: The Moselle : river and canal from the Roman Empire to the European Economic Community
1975 · cited by 0
Notes early 20th-century dependence on high-grade iron ore imported from Sweden.
University Press of America: Selected strategic minerals : the impending crisis
1992 · cited by 0
Mentions German long-term contracts to buy iron ore from Sweden.
Oxford University Press: The Oxford illustrated history of World War II
cited by 0
States the Reich depended heavily on foreign supply for more than half its iron ore, relying on Swedish ore.
UMI Research Press: American steel makers and the coming of the Second World War
1980 · cited by 0
Discusses pre-Second World War German substitution of high-grade iron ore from Sweden.
Columbia University Press; 1st edition: Eastern Europe
1975 · cited by 0
Briefly notes iron ore imported from the Soviet Union and on a limited scale from Sweden.
New York, H.W. Wilson Co.: Europe: Versailles to Warsaw
1939 · cited by 0
Notes pre-war Germany's iron ore reserves and dependence on Sweden's iron ore.
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  1. Wikipedia: Nazi Germanyreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: Swedenreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Book: Exercising Control of the Seareferencesupports
  4. Book: The Oxford Companion to World War IIreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers 1890-1940referencesame source L4supports
  6. Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers, 1890-1940referencesame source L4supports
  7. Published for the University of Toronto, Dept. of Geography by the University of Toronto Press: The Moselle : river and canal from the Roman Empire to the European Economic Communityreferencesupports
  8. University Press of America: Selected strategic minerals : the impending crisisreferencesupports
  9. Oxford University Press: The Oxford illustrated history of World War IIreferencesupports
  10. UMI Research Press: American steel makers and the coming of the Second World Warreferencesupports
  11. Columbia University Press; 1st edition: Eastern Europereferencesupports
  12. New York, H.W. Wilson Co.: Europe: Versailles to Warsawreferencesupports
  13. Wikisource: Washington, A Guide to the Evergreen State/Part 1referencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Wikisource: Marathon speech against ObamaCarereferencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  15. Wikisource: CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Norwayreferencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. OpenAIRE: Sidney Hilton (1921–2011) physiologistpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. the tri-county news (grand rapids, ohio) 1915-1949: the tri-county news (grand rapids, ohio) 1915-1949referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946: springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  19. springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946: springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  20. springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946: springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. the wilmington morning star (wilmington, n.c.) 1909-1990: the wilmington morning star (wilmington, n.c.) 1909-1990referencesame source L13no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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