Hello to the Magnificent Time Ghost Crew. In your weekly WW2 summary you mention how the Allies at the Casablanca Conference are going to increase support for the USSR. You show three routes to do this. The Northern Route through the Arctic ocean is the one I am most familiar with, but you also show them going through the Mideast and also in the Pacific through sea-lanes that look as if they are controlled by Japan. Can you elaborate the success or failures of the Pacific and Mideast routes and also how the axis tried to counter them? Thank you for all you do, Time Ghost Crew.
Respectfully, Damian Canuto
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Middle East route was through Persian Corridor , that is through Iran ports , around or over Caspian Sea to Caucaus. That is why British and Soviet Union invaded Iran in August 1941. Developing and improving Iranian railways and roads to handle vast amounts of cargo complated only in March 1943 though. Axis had no way to interdict that other than conquering Caucaus , that led to Stalingrad
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The main Pacific route was from continental USA to Vladivostok at the eastern end of the trans Siberian railway. This route used Soviet flagged ships and carried non-military goods such as locomotives, trucks, food, etc. The Soviet Union and Japan were not at war, and the Japanese were reluctant to risk war with the SU, so they did not interfere with the transports.
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