perseus

Actually it seems the main supply route wasn't through the Arctic so perhaps it wasn't that critical after all.

Delivery was via the Arctic Convoys, the Persian Corridor, and the Pacific Route. The Pacific Route was used for about half of Lend-Lease aid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend_Lease

On the other hand perhaps the latter 2 routes were only opened up late in the war by which time the result was a foregone conclusion

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