Eyewitness Accounst of the World War II Murmansk Run, 1941-1945 - Tapa dura

"This volume constitutes an important contribution to the oral history of World War II... The collection is noteworthy, as well, for the range of voices it captures... This collection is vigorously oriented toward the serving ranks of those who plowed the perilous passage to bring vital resources to the Soviet Union..." - Professor Thomas Sanders, United States Naval Academy"

This work is a collection of American eyewitness accounts of one of the most hazardous military operations of World War II - the Murmansk Run. From 1941 to 1945, convoys of U.S. merchant ships transported cargoes to the northern Russian ports of Murmansk, Archangel, and Molotovsk. The convoys faced numerous mortal 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.