ALSIB, the Alaska Siberia Route, offered a brutal passage for pilots taking airplanes from factories in Montana to the Russian Front in Europe. But in 1943, with millions of German soldiers retreating on the Russian Front, the entire Allied war effort hinged on the Soviets. If the Soviets needed warplanes, their allies would damned well …
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Heavy Trucks on a Road
Heavy trucks on a road could carry enough men and weapons across Canada to Alaska to defend North America from a Japanese assault. But in 1939 no such road existed, and airplanes could at least carry some material. Between 1939 and 1941, desperate Canadians built a string of airfields across British Columbia and Yukon Territory. …