Eyewitness Accounts of the World War II Murmansk Run, 1941-1945
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: April 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780773458000
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Battles & campaigns; European history: Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; Second World War, 1939-1945; Naval operations, American; History - Military / War; History; Military; Russia; USA; Personal narratives, American; Military - World War II; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Arctic Ocean; Transportation; World War, 1939-1945
Description: "From 1941 to 1945 convoys of U.S. merchant ships transported cargoes to the northern Russian ports of Murmansk, Archangel, and Molotovsk. The itinerary included the U.S., Canada, Scotland, Iceland, and the USSR. The convoys faced numerous threats, often simultaneous, on their way to Russia. While in the USSR, crew members then had to contend with the many peculiarities of the Soviet environment"--Publisher's website.