Neutrals `helped Nazis' - report

Washington - Neutral nations kept Nazi Germany's war machine running with hundreds of millions of pounds of trade in key materials…

Washington - Neutral nations kept Nazi Germany's war machine running with hundreds of millions of pounds of trade in key materials, according to a new US government report.

Much of it was paid for by gold that Hitler's troops looted from banks and today. The report concludes that although Switzerland was Nazi Germany's banker, other neutral nations - Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Argentina - provided materials to keep the war going.

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