It never was all German gold. It was just a very huge chunk of it, stored in a safe place in case the Soviet Union overran Germany. In case of a Soviet attack, Germany was considered lost ground and the first major line of defense was the river Rhine (the Western border of the country), meaning a German government in exile would have lost its gold stored in the country.
It never was all German gold. It was just a very huge chunk of it, stored in a safe place in case the Soviet Union overran Germany. In case of a Soviet attack, Germany was considered lost ground and the first major line of defense was the river Rhine (the Western border of the country), meaning a German government in exile would have lost its gold stored in the country.