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Old March 17th, 2004, 11:01 PM
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Originally posted by Za Rodina:
[I have read somewhere (where?) that the M.-A. route was maintained for political motives only, as the loss rate was very high, and the other routes were more than good enough.

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This was the main supply route of British aid to the Soviet Union.
It is often forgotten but the British supplied aid to the Soviet Union along with American Lend-lease
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