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Warplanes to Alaska : The Story of the WW2 Military Supply Lifeline to Alaska and Russia Through the Canadian Wilderness by Blake Smith (1998, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHancock House Publishers
ISBN-100888394012
ISBN-139780888394019
eBay Product ID (ePID)30255330
Product Key Features
Book TitleWarplanes to Alaska : The Story of the WW2 Military Supply Lifeline to Alaska and Russia Through the Canadian Wilderness
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Military / World War II, International Relations / General, Military / Aviation
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorBlake Smith
Book SeriesAct Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight42.5 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-201530
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal940.54/43798
SynopsisThis book describes the delivery of 8000 aircraft to Russia over a little known airway that extended from the U.S. through Northwestern Canada to Nome, Alaska. Warplanes to Alaska is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women who toiled in the harshest of climates to help decide the outcome of World War II. The author interviewed scores of Canadian, Russians and American veterans and acquired hundreds of photos in an effort to fully recount this amazing part of history. Details of the Russian portion of the airway and their military operations, long hidden by an impenetrable veil of official secrecy, are revealed here for the first time. Warplanes to Alaska will engage anyone interested in WWII, aviation or northern history. Could a subarctic wilderness airway traversing northwestern North America and the breadth of Russia be used to deliver thousands of warplanes? The needs of the beleaguered WW II ally demanded the attempt, despite the brutal climate, primitive facilities and wild terrain. This book describes the delivery of 8,000 aircraft to Russia over a little-known airway that extended from the U.S. through northwestern Canada to Nome, Alaska. The airway was cruel on man and machine as the twisted wrecks of fallen warplanes littering forest and muskeg bear testament. Warplanes to Alaska is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women who toiled in the harshest of climates to help decide the outcome of World War II. The author interviewed scores of Canadian, Russians and American veterans and acquired hundreds of photos in an effort to fully recount this amazing part of history. Details of the Russian portion of the airway and their military operations, long hidden by an impenetrable veil of official secrecy, are revealed here for the first time. Warplanes to Alaska will engage anyone interested in WWII, aviation or northern history., Story of a 2nd World War military supply lifeline to Alaska and Russia through the Canadian wilderness.
LC Classification NumberD753.2.S65S64 1998
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Warplanes to Alaska
Great stories about an almost forgotten facet of WW 2.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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