Can anyone tell me why . . .

LewPaper | 23:07 Sat 15th Jan 2011 | History

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. . . during WWII, delivering goods to Russia when so much tonnage was sunk, thousands lost their lives and so much resources were used by the convoys that they didn't use the narrow stretch of sea between NW Alaksa and NE Russia?

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Short answer is that they did use the Vladivostok route. Around half of all supplies to the USSR during WWII went across the Pacific and then by train across Asia. It's the train bit that gave the problem. Ships deliver more, faster. Another major supply route was round Africa, up into the Gulf across Iran and into Russia, some via the Caspian Sea.but most,...

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