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Background
On 22 June 1941, Axis Germany invaded the Soviet Union, marking its entry into World War II. The Soviet Air Forces suffered devastating losses, with 4,017 out of the 7,700 aircraft stationed in the west of the country being destroyed during the first week of the invasion. By November of 1941, the Germans and their allies had occupied a significant portion of the Soviet Union's western territories. This further exacerbated the shortages in military aircraft as the factories producing 80% of the country's airplanes were reallocated to the center of the Soviet Union; slowing down production.

Outcome




In August 2006, a monument to the participants of the ALSIB route was unveiled in Fairbanks, Alaska. A fictionalized account of ALSIB was portrayed in the 2006 Russian film Transit starring Aleksei Serebryakov. On 9 May 2020, the Heroes of ALSIB memorial was unveiled in Magadan. On 28 February 2023, Russian Post issued a postal stamp depicting the Magadan ALSIB memorial.