Rothschild: Lending to Both Sides of Five Wars
19th Century

Rothschild: Lending to Both Sides of Five Wars

A quiet German accountant financed both sides of five different European conflicts before anyone noticed.

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BankingNapoleonic WarsInternational FinanceGermanyEuropeWar ProfiteeringFinancial InnovationFamily BusinessEconomic HistoryMayer Amschel Rothschild

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