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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b9852322.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 184 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Alaska-Siberia connection.".
- catalog identifier "0890967113".
- catalog isFormatOf "Alaska-Siberia connection.".
- catalog isPartOf "Texas A & M University military history series ; 48".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Alaska-Siberia connection.".
- catalog subject "940.54/4973 20".
- catalog subject "D790 .H3895 1996".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Soviet.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Transportation.".
- catalog title "The Alaska-Siberia connection : the World War II air route / by Otis Hays, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".