Author: Otis Hays
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book 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 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 Alaska-Siberia Connection
Author: Otis Hays
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book 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 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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book 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 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.
Allies in Wartime
Author: Alexander B. Dolitsky
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This book is a collection of articles, essays and speeches that together illuminate a remarkable chapter in human history: the Alaska-Siberia Airway during World War II.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This book is a collection of articles, essays and speeches that together illuminate a remarkable chapter in human history: the Alaska-Siberia Airway during World War II.
Arctic Alaska and Siberia, Or, Eight Months with the Arctic Whalemen
Author: Herbert Lincoln Aldrich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Arctic Alaska and Siberia, or, Eight Months with the Arctic Whalemen is an account of the 1887 Arctic whaling season by journalist Herbert L. Aldrich (1860-1948). Between March and October of 1887, Aldrich spent time on eight New Bedford whaling vessels, documenting the whaling industry and the native peoples of Arctic Alaska. Aldrich was a young reporter for the New Bedford Evening Standard who resolved to accompany the Arctic whaling fleet after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and told he had less than a year to live. He received the support of the leaders of New Bedford's whaling industry, who wanted him to document what they knew to be a dying industry. During his time in the Arctic, Aldrich took more than 700 photographs documenting all aspects of the whale hunt. Many of his photographs are now preserved in New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his return to New Bedford, Aldrich lectured extensively on his experiences and published this book in 1889. The book includes illustrations and a map of the Arctic whaling grounds north of Alaska. Defying predictions of an early death, Aldrich lived into his late eighties. He went on to become managing editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Jacksonville Florida Citizen and in 1897 founded the Aldrich Publishing Company of New York.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Arctic Alaska and Siberia, or, Eight Months with the Arctic Whalemen is an account of the 1887 Arctic whaling season by journalist Herbert L. Aldrich (1860-1948). Between March and October of 1887, Aldrich spent time on eight New Bedford whaling vessels, documenting the whaling industry and the native peoples of Arctic Alaska. Aldrich was a young reporter for the New Bedford Evening Standard who resolved to accompany the Arctic whaling fleet after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and told he had less than a year to live. He received the support of the leaders of New Bedford's whaling industry, who wanted him to document what they knew to be a dying industry. During his time in the Arctic, Aldrich took more than 700 photographs documenting all aspects of the whale hunt. Many of his photographs are now preserved in New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Upon his return to New Bedford, Aldrich lectured extensively on his experiences and published this book in 1889. The book includes illustrations and a map of the Arctic whaling grounds north of Alaska. Defying predictions of an early death, Aldrich lived into his late eighties. He went on to become managing editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Jacksonville Florida Citizen and in 1897 founded the Aldrich Publishing Company of New York.
Разделённые Близнецы : Аляска И Сибирь
Author: Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
Publisher: Viking Studio
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: Viking Studio
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Bering Bridge
Author: Paul Schurke
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
High adventure in this account of a group of Russians and Americans (some of whom were Eskimos) and their Arctic expedition from Siberia to Alaska.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
High adventure in this account of a group of Russians and Americans (some of whom were Eskimos) and their Arctic expedition from Siberia to Alaska.
Crossroads of Continents
Author: William W. Fitzhugh
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Series of papers by various scholars under the headings: Peoples of Siberia and Alaska; Strangers arrive; Crosscurrents of time; Thematic views; New lives for ancient peoples. Illustrated by artifacts from many museums which were part of an exhibition of the same name.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Series of papers by various scholars under the headings: Peoples of Siberia and Alaska; Strangers arrive; Crosscurrents of time; Thematic views; New lives for ancient peoples. Illustrated by artifacts from many museums which were part of an exhibition of the same name.
Swept Away
Author: Dixie Dansercoer
Publisher: Lannoo Uitgeverij
ISBN: 9789020964776
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In 2005 Dixie Dansercoer and Troy Henkels accepted the challenge to journey from Alaska to Siberia. They would cross unsupported--skiing, walking, swimming and paddling--relying solely on their polar experience, determination and their passion for ice and snow. The moving ice masses of the Bering Strait are unique polar territory, a ghostly and mysterious world of high powered ice movements.
Publisher: Lannoo Uitgeverij
ISBN: 9789020964776
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In 2005 Dixie Dansercoer and Troy Henkels accepted the challenge to journey from Alaska to Siberia. They would cross unsupported--skiing, walking, swimming and paddling--relying solely on their polar experience, determination and their passion for ice and snow. The moving ice masses of the Bering Strait are unique polar territory, a ghostly and mysterious world of high powered ice movements.
Crossroads Alaska
Author: Valérie Chaussonnet
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Presenting artifacts from several local communities on both sides of the Bering Strait, Crossroads Alaska focuses on toys and small objects used in teaching traditional crafts. Published with the Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Presenting artifacts from several local communities on both sides of the Bering Strait, Crossroads Alaska focuses on toys and small objects used in teaching traditional crafts. Published with the Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center.
Pipeline to Russia
Author: Alexander B. Dolitsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990725213
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990725213
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Travel and Adventure in the territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America, now ceded to the United States ... With maps and illustrations
Author: Frederick WHYMPER
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description