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  2. 1943 steel cent - Wikipedia

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    1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia , Denver , and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents . The unique composition of the coin ( low-grade steel coated with zinc , instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to ...

  3. 1942 experimental cents - Wikipedia

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    After the outbreak of World War II, the demand for copper rose as it was used in ammunition and other military equipment. The US Mint researched ways to reduce or eliminate the usage of copper in cent production. The mint struck pattern coins in various metals, using the obverse design of the Colombian two centavo coin. [1]

  4. Remains of the 13 Levels - Wikipedia

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    In 1973, the copper and gold minerals from the area had been exhausted and subsequently the activity and company were shut down. [ 3 ] During World War II between 1942 and 1945, the Japanese Empire sent approximately one thousand prisoners of war (POWs) to the gold mines surrounding the smelting plant.

  5. Nazi storage sites for art during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The German Nazi Party looted and stole art, gold and other objects that had been either plundered or moved for safekeeping at various storage sites during World War II. These sites included salt mines at Altaussee and Merkers and a copper mine at Siegen .

  6. Fukuoka 17 - Wikipedia

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    Fukuoka #17 - Omuta, Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, during World War II. It was the largest POW camp in Japan.

  7. Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...

  8. Category:World War II-related lists - Wikipedia

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    List of military operations in the West European Theater during World War II by year; List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers; List of military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II; List of Special Operations Executive operations

  9. Botallack Mine - Wikipedia

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    Botallack was a submarine mine with tunnels extending under the sea, in places for half a mile. Over its recorded lifetime the mine produced around 14,500 tonnes of tin, 20,000 tonnes of copper, and 1,500 tonnes of arsenic.