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Delivery was via the
Arctic Convoys, the
Persian Corridor, and the
Pacific Route.
The Arctic route was the shortest and most direct route for lend-lease aid to the USSR, though it was also the most dangerous as it involved sailing past German-occupied Norway. Some 3,964,000
tons of goods were shipped by the Arctic route; 7% was lost, while 93% arrived safely.
[53] This constituted some 23% of the total aid to the USSR during the war.
The Persian Corridor was the longest route, and was not fully operational until mid-1942. Thereafter it saw the passage of 4,160,000 tons of goods, 27% of the total.
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The Pacific Route opened in August 1941, but was affected by the
start of hostilities between Japan and the U.S.; after December 1941, only Soviet ships could be used, and, as Japan and the USSR observed a strict neutrality towards each other, only non-military goods could be transported.
[54] Nevertheless, some 8,244,000 tons of goods went by this route, 50% of the total.
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