{"id":1068,"date":"2023-08-14T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2026-10-20T19:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:40:34","slug":"lend-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"Lend Lease: The USA&#8217;s lifeline to the USSR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lend-Lease sent 17 million tonnes of ammunition, food, fuel, weapons, tanks, airplanes and even railroad locomotives to the USSR during the Second World War\u2014most of it from the USA. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode describes how the icon of capitalism saved the workers&#8217; and peasants&#8217; paradise from fascism.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"95\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/8933048\/embed?v=202301\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Audioboom player\" allow=\"autoplay\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map1: Lend-Lease routes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lend_Lease_shipments_to_USSR-WW2.jpeg?resize=350%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2820512820512822;width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lend_Lease_shipments_to_USSR-WW2.jpeg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, 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487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Map 3: Persian corridor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PersianCorridor.jpg?resize=640%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1071\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.206140350877193;width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PersianCorridor.jpg?w=868&amp;ssl=1 868w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PersianCorridor.jpg?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PersianCorridor.jpg?resize=768%2C637&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PersianCorridor.jpg?resize=850%2C705&amp;ssl=1 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href=\"https:\/\/militaryhistorynow.com\/2023\/05\/18\/britain-alone-rethinking-one-of-the-second-world-wars-enduring-myths\/\">https:\/\/militaryhistorynow.com\/2023\/05\/18\/britain-alone-rethinking-one-of-the-second-world-wars-enduring-myths\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franklin D. 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