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Varilongo wolfram in the Second World War

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Varilongo wolfram in the Second World War

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During the war the Varilongo mines came under German management because of the strategic interest of wolfram, essential for war steel; in 1943 the working conditions there were reported to the mining authority.

Photo: Miguel Branco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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