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Hello all,

I was reading about Portugal's sales of Tungsten to Germany in WW2, and it came to my attention that Tungsten was discovered in Austria in 1967, but what would have happened if the deposits were discovered in 1937 instead?

Only a minor P.O.D., but what would have been the outcome? More destroyed soviet Tanks due to AP shells? How would the Portugese be affected since their trade of Tungsten was important to the German war effort, less wealth for them post war?

I am not 100 percent sure of the uses of Tungsten, I know it was important for war materials, and it's shortages had an effect on German weapons in WW2.

Thank you in advance for the replies.
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