At first, it was all about the ore. Magnesium, iron, and manganese ore were the lifeblood of German industry, especially the armaments industry, which used the iron and manganese to produce steel for Hitler’s war machine. Magnesium was one of the main aerospace construction metals and was used extensively in German aircraft production. It was also used as a lining for the massive furnaces in the iron and steel works. Nikopol: A Town Rich With Ore Located in the southern Ukraine, the town of Nikopol was the center of one of the largest manganese ore basins in the western Soviet...