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Episode 18. How Britain assisted the Soviet Union’s fight against Hitler (II)

24/10/2017 by Nikolay STARIKOV

But out of the 34 merchant ships and tankers in the PQ 17 convoy, which set sail out of Hvalfjörður fjord on June 27, 1942, only 13 made it to the shores of the Soviet Union.

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5000th plane delivered to USSR from Alaska

WWII lend-lease: was the US aid that helpful? (II)

13/05/2015 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 16 comments

Part I Nonlethal lend-lease aid Besides weapons, other supplies were also provided under lend-lease. And those figures are absolutely indisputable indeed. Specifically, the USSR received 2,586,000 tons of aviation fuel, an amount equal to 37% of what was produced in the Soviet Union during the war, plus almost 410,000 automobiles, […]

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WWII lend-lease: was the US aid that helpful? (I)

12/05/2015 by ORIENTAL REVIEW / 13 comments

The Lend-Lease Act, or “An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States,” which was signed by President Roosevelt on March 11, 1941, gave the US president the right “to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of … any defense article … for the government […]

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