Pipeline to Russia : the Alaska-Siberia Air Route in World War II

American Lend-Lease generosity helped to join Russia and America in a wartime alliance against Germany. However, Russia, suspicious of American sincerity, delayed the establishment of an Alaska–Siberia delivery route (known throughout the war as ALSIB) to the German war front. Instead, other routes via the North Atlantic and the Persian Gulf were employed for the delivery of urgently needed aircraft in 1941–42. Eventually, recognizing that an ALSIB route would allow the delivery of American-made aircraft in days, not weeks or months the Russians agreed to the ALSIB route in late 1942. The ALSIB route became the fastest and most productive means of moving combat aircraft to the Russian–German front. Additionally, although it was primitive and dangerous, it established a direct and time-saving artery between Moscow and Washington, and it was heavily used by diplomats, politicians, and countless military officials, both Soviet and American. Declassified official U.S. military records and selected Russian sources, as well as reminiscences from former American liaison officers who were stationed at ALSIB posts in Alaska between 1943 and 1945, serve as the basis for this intriguing story. The United States' Lend-lease Program Contributed Greatly To The Victory In World War Ii, And The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union In Particular. The Volume Of Material Transferred From The United States To The Soviet Union Between 1941 And 1945 Was Indeed Staggering; Nearly 15,000 Airplanes, 7,000 Tanks, 51,000 Jeeps, 376,000 Trucks, 132,000 Machine Guns, 4.5 Million Tons Of Food, 107 Million Tons Of Cotton, And More Than 15 Million Pairs Of Army Boots, Among Other Items.--p. Xv. Transliteration Table -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface By Alexander B. Dolitsky -- Foreword By Dan Hagedorn -- Introduction By John Haile Cloe -- Combat Aircraft To Siberia: U.s. Lend-lease Aid To The Soviet Union In World War / Alexander B. Dolitsky -- We Flew In The Same Sky: The Alaska-siberia Air Route In World War Ii / Victor D. Glazkov -- An Artist Sees Alaska: Portraits At A Russian Base / Henry Varnum Poor -- One For All And All For One: Lessons Of The Alaska-siberia Air Route / Alexander B. Dolitsky -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected Glossary Of Terms And Abbreviations Relevant To The Missions Of Soviet And U.s. Armed Forces In Wwii -- Index. Edited By Alexander B. Dolitsky ; Preface By Alexander B. Dolitsky ; Foreword By Dan Hagedorn ; Introduction By John Haile Cloe ; [chapter By Victor D. Glazkov] Shipping List No.: 2016-0192-p. Includes Bibliographic References (pages 101-103) And Index.