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Nazi Germany was heavily dependent on iron ore imports from Sweden

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Is it true that Nazi Germany was heavily dependent on iron ore imports from Sweden?

Yes. 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.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 8 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 8
Book: Exercising Control of the Sea
2020
Mentions that iron ore was transported from Sweden and Norway to Germany via specific routes.
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Vego, M. (2020). Book: Exercising Control of the Sea. Routledge. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=pIP4DwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

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Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers 1890-1940
2002
States Germany was dependent on foreign sources for 75-80 percent of its iron ore, specifically highlighting Swedish imports.
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1952-, S. P. (2002). Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers 1890-1940. Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/scandinaviagreat0000salm

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Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers, 1890-1940
1997
Identical text to item 4, confirming heavy German dependence on Swedish iron ore.
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1952-, S. P. (1997). Cambridge University Press: Scandinavia and the great powers, 1890-1940. Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/scandinaviagreat0000salm_s2g9

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
Notes early 20th-century dependence on high-grade iron ore imported from Sweden.
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1940-, C. J. (1975). 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. Published for the University of Toronto, Dept. of Geography by the University of Toronto Press. https://archive.org/details/mosellerivercana0000cerm

University Press of America: Selected strategic minerals : the impending crisis
1992
Mentions German long-term contracts to buy iron ore from Sweden.
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D, L. M. (1992). University Press of America: Selected strategic minerals : the impending crisis. University Press of America. https://archive.org/details/selectedstrategi0000laxm

Oxford University Press: The Oxford illustrated history of World War II
States the Reich depended heavily on foreign supply for more than half its iron ore, relying on Swedish ore.
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Oxford University Press: The Oxford illustrated history of World War II. (n.d.). Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate0000unse_m5w2

UMI Research Press: American steel makers and the coming of the Second World War
1980
Discusses pre-Second World War German substitution of high-grade iron ore from Sweden.
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A, L. R. (1980). UMI Research Press: American steel makers and the coming of the Second World War. UMI Research Press. https://archive.org/details/americansteelmak0000laud

Columbia University Press; 1st edition: Eastern Europe
1975
Briefly notes iron ore imported from the Soviet Union and on a limited scale from Sweden.
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Mellor, R. E. H. (1975). Columbia University Press; 1st edition: Eastern Europe. Columbia University Press; 1st edition. https://archive.org/details/easterneurope00roye

New York, H.W. Wilson Co.: Europe: Versailles to Warsaw
1939
Notes pre-war Germany's iron ore reserves and dependence on Sweden's iron ore.
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Stuart, K. R. (1939). New York, H.W. Wilson Co.: Europe: Versailles to Warsaw. New York, H.W. Wilson Co.. https://archive.org/details/europeversailles00kain

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