Merkers Mine Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses General Patton's discovery of the Third Reich's gold reserves and his unconventional decisions regarding it.

In Part 2 of our Merkers Mine mini-series, the secret is out. On April 8, 1945, General George S. Patton learns that his advancing Third Army has stumbled upon the captured gold reserves of the Third Reich. But Patton being Patton, his first instinct isn't to hand it over to the bureaucrats. He orders a strict press blackout, surrounds the mine with tanks, and pitches audacious, off-the-books ideas to his superiors: minting the 250 tons of gold into medallions for his soldiers, or hidin...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Crudele

Topics covered

• World War II
• gold reserves
• military history
• General Patton
• secrecy
• Third Army

Keywords

• Merker Mine
• gold
• Patton
• Third Army
• World War II
• military strategy
• secrecy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Third Reich

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