Where Iron Is There Is the Fatherland! A Note on the Relation of Privilege and Monopoly to War #231255

There can be no doubt as to the immense importance to the Germans of the possession of Briey. Before the war, Germany imported tons of iron ore each year. Before 1913, France stood third in furnishing this mineral to Germany. That year France passed Spain and stood second, exporting to Germany tons from the Briey basin, only tons less than the amount which Ger many imported from Sweden that year.