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From the U.S. and Great Britain, Russia still has a North Atlantic route to Archangel. But this is not enough; it imposes heavy convoy burdens, and Archangel is weather-shut most of the winter...
...Deutschland), the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, four heavy and perhaps eight light cruisers, about 25 destroyers. This was probably more than the British could quickly assemble at any one pressure point. Such a striking force could be used with overwhelming effect against convoys. It could sever British lines to Archangel and the Mediterranean. It might raid Iceland, as the U.S. Fleet had raided the Marshall Islands with devastating effect. It could, as it did last week, draw off most of Britain's effective naval and air strength in one direction-the perfect precondition for invasion...
...well and willingly will Iran serve as a route for aid-to-Russia if the northern supply lines through Murmansk and Archangel...
...foreign aid, three routes are still open: across the dangerous North Sea to Archangel, over the Japanese-threatened Pacific to Valdivostok, and around Africa through British-controlled Persia, the last being the safest, though lougest. Professor Karpovich believes that England and the United States are still sending all the materials they can, but that the Russians have all the man power that will be needed. However, if any armed British forces should, be his patched to Russian their probably destination would be the Caucasus, so that the Soviets night concentrate then troops in the North...
...signing, the trained Navy gun crews, averaging some 15, will go aboard many a merchant ship, where the ready guns are quickly fixed on the already-prepared gun mounts. The ships will begin to move into the horizon, headed for England and Russia, will dock at Liverpool, London. Archangel-or perhaps with Davy Jones...