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Background

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On 22 June 1941, Axis Germany invaded the Soviet Union, marking its entry into World War II. [1] The Soviet Air Forces suffered devastating losses, with 4,017 out of the 7,700 aircraft stationed in the west of the country being destroyed during the first week of the invasion. By November of 1941, the Germans and their allies had occupied a significant portion of the Soviet Union's western territories.[2] This further exacerbated the shortages in military aircraft as the factories producing 80% of the country's airplanes were reallocated to the center of the Soviet Union; slowing down production.[3]



Operation

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American Vice President Henry A. Wallace dining with American and Soviet ALSIB airmen at Fairbanks


Airfields

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Kathrine the Great and other Douglas A-20 Havocs waiting at Nome to fly west over the ALSIB


Outcome

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Russian stamp depicting the Heroes of ALSIB memorial in Magadan
Lend-Lease memorial in Fairbanks

In August 2006, a monument to the participants of the ALSIB route was unveiled in Fairbanks, Alaska.[4] A fictionalized account of ALSIB was portrayed in the 2006 Russian film Transit starring Aleksei Serebryakov.[5] On 9 May 2020, the Heroes of ALSIB memorial was unveiled in Magadan.[6] On 28 February 2023, Russian Post issued a postal stamp depicting the Magadan ALSIB memorial.[7]


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Citations

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  1. ^ Ochirov 2017, p. 55.
  2. ^ Dolitsky 2016, p. 3.
  3. ^ Altunin 1997, p. 85.
  4. ^ "Russia's top diplomat, ambassador lay flowers to Lend-Lease Memorial in Alaska". TASS. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Перегон" [Transit] (in Russian). Kultura Saratova. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ Gardiner, Alistair (24 May 2020). "Lend-Lease monument erected in Magadan, Russia". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Почта России представила марку "Героям АлСиба"" [The Russian Post presents the stamp "Heroes of ALSIB"] (in Russian). Aviation Explorer. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ Altunin 1997, pp. 85–87.
  9. ^ Dolitsky 2016, pp. 1–3.
  10. ^ Hays 1996, pp. 1–3.
  11. ^ Borisov 2015, pp. 7–10.
  12. ^ Filippov & Negeblya 2016, pp. 1–3.
  13. ^ Lebedev 1997, pp. 1–3.

References

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Further reading

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  • Kotelnikov, Vladimir (2015). Авиационныйленд-лиз [Aviation Lend-Lease]. Moscow: Russkie Vityazi. ISBN 9855990603639. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid prefix (help)


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