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Churchill's deadly supply route to Stalin: How 3,000 UK sailors died from the bitter cold or U-boat attacks during Arctic Convoys delivering arms to Russia... helping the Soviets beat back the advancing Nazis.
Arctic Convoys braved horrendous weather and threat of U-boat attacks to deliver supplies to Soviet Union
Cost in lives was horrific, with more than 3,000 UK seamen that took part killed in the icy waters of the Arctic
Convoys delivered 7,000 warplanes, 5,000 tanks and other battlefield vehicles, ammunition, fuel and food
Now, an exhibition based in bunker in Liverpool that was the nerve centre of the operation is set to open
The bunker, now Western Approaches HQ Museum, was Royal Navy's main command centre during the war
Exhibition is commemorating last year's 80th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy.
It was an operation described by Winston Churchill as the 'worst journey in the world'.
The Arctic Convoys braved horrendous weather and the threat of U-boat attacks to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union in the Second World War, helping them to beat back Nazi Germany's attempted invasion.
The cost in lives was horrific, with more than 3,000 UK seamen that took part killed in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean.
However, over four years, the convoys delivered 7,000 warplanes, 5,000 tanks and other battlefield vehicles, ammunition, fuel, food, medicine and further emergency supplies.
Now, a new exhibition based in the formerly top-secret bunker in Liverpool that was the nerve centre of the operation is set to open, commemorating last year's 80th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy.
It is opening at Western Approaches HQ Museum – which as Derby House was the Royal Navy's main command centre during the war – on 22nd February, after a goodwill agreement was recently signed between the venue and its counterpart in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
The exhibition, which will be located in the room where the routes of the convoys were plotted, aims to build deeper links between Britain and Russia – even as the two nations face off amid fears that Vladimir Putin is set to order the invasion of Ukraine. MORE AT LINK
Arctic Convoys braved horrendous weather and threat of U-boat attacks to deliver supplies to Soviet Union
Cost in lives was horrific, with more than 3,000 UK seamen that took part killed in the icy waters of the Arctic
Convoys delivered 7,000 warplanes, 5,000 tanks and other battlefield vehicles, ammunition, fuel and food
Now, an exhibition based in bunker in Liverpool that was the nerve centre of the operation is set to open
The bunker, now Western Approaches HQ Museum, was Royal Navy's main command centre during the war
Exhibition is commemorating last year's 80th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy.
It was an operation described by Winston Churchill as the 'worst journey in the world'.
The Arctic Convoys braved horrendous weather and the threat of U-boat attacks to deliver vital supplies to the Soviet Union in the Second World War, helping them to beat back Nazi Germany's attempted invasion.
The cost in lives was horrific, with more than 3,000 UK seamen that took part killed in the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean.
However, over four years, the convoys delivered 7,000 warplanes, 5,000 tanks and other battlefield vehicles, ammunition, fuel, food, medicine and further emergency supplies.
Now, a new exhibition based in the formerly top-secret bunker in Liverpool that was the nerve centre of the operation is set to open, commemorating last year's 80th anniversary of the departure of the first convoy.
It is opening at Western Approaches HQ Museum – which as Derby House was the Royal Navy's main command centre during the war – on 22nd February, after a goodwill agreement was recently signed between the venue and its counterpart in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
The exhibition, which will be located in the room where the routes of the convoys were plotted, aims to build deeper links between Britain and Russia – even as the two nations face off amid fears that Vladimir Putin is set to order the invasion of Ukraine. MORE AT LINK