The Alaska-Siberia connection : the World War II air route /

The Alaska-Siberia connection : the World War II air route /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hays, Otis, 1915-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1996.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Texas A & M University military history series ; 48 Texas A & M University military history series ; 48.
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Soviet. World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation. Military operations, Aerial -- American. Military operations, Aerial -- Soviet. Transportation. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11109039

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ISBN:	0585173915 9780585173917 0890967113 9780890967119
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Hays, Otis, 1915- Alaska-Siberia connection. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1996 0890967113

Description
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index.
ISBN:	0585173915 9780585173917 0890967113 9780890967119