page_title: Persian Corridor
hierarchical_section_title: Persian Corridor
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Principal Russian-Aid Routes Deutsch: Karte der Hauptrouten der Hilfstransporte nach Russland
context_page_description: The Persian Corridor was a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II. Of the 17.5 million long tons of U.S. Lend-Lease aid provided to Russia, 7.9 million long tons were sent through Iran.
  This supply route originated in the US and UK with ships sailing around the Cape of Good Hope to the Persian Gulf. From there, the materiel transited Iran to the USSR. Other supply routes included the Northern route across the Arctic, and the Pacific Route which handled US cargo at Vladivostok and then used the Trans-Siberian Railway across the USSR.
  This Persian Route became the only viable, all-weather route to be developed to supply Soviet needs.
context_section_description: The Persian Corridor was a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend-Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II. Of the 17.5 million long tons of U.S. Lend-Lease aid provided to Russia, 7.9 million long tons (45%) were sent through Iran.
  This supply route originated in the US and UK with ships sailing around the Cape of Good Hope to the Persian Gulf. From there, the materiel transited Iran to the USSR. Other supply routes included the Northern route across the Arctic, and the Pacific Route which handled US cargo at Vladivostok and then used the Trans-Siberian Railway across the USSR.
  This Persian Route became the only viable, all-weather route to be developed to supply Soviet needs.
caption: Allied road and rail supply lines through Persia into the USSR
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