During World War II, between 1941 and 1945, 78 Allied Arctic convoys brought more than 4 million tons of provisions and munitions to the U.S.S.R. These deliveries played a crucial role in the ...

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it “the worst journey in the world.” Sailors on nearly 80 convoys from August ... merchant seamen in World War II. Of the 800 ships that made ...

The Arctic convoys were one of the three routes used by the Allies to provide aid to the Soviet Union during World War II. It was the principal avenue by which Great Britain supplied the Soviet ...

A veteran of the Arctic Convoys during World War II has welcomed news he and his comrades are to get medals recognising their bravery. The convoys, which took supplies of food, fuel and munitions ...

A World War II (WWII) veteran from Cregagh is finally to receive recognition for his efforts during the Arctic Convoys. Robert McCullough (90) is one of many veterans to receive the retrospective ...

We tend to forget about the war in the Arctic, and about the Merchant Marine crewmen who sailed into waters heavily patrolled by Nazi U-boats that stalked them. World War II was such a sprawling ...

It was yet another deadly threat faced by the men who risked their lives in the World War II Arctic convoys. Having completed the first leg of what Winston Churchill called the “worst journey on ...

The BBC reports that the British World War II soldiers who crossed the Arctic ... "the most dangerous journey in the world." The Arctic convoys battled deathly-cold temperatures and 70-foot ...

Actress Kristin Scott Thomas learns about the horrors of the Russian Arctic convoys that her grandfather endured during World War II and reads a harrowing diary entry from a sailor who traveled on ...

World War II Convoys by Bill Cotton There were four ... Eastern Mediterranean Fleet and escorted to Alexandria. 3. The Arctic convoys were a different kettle of fish. They were faced with the ...

The Arctic convoys were a different kettle ... And of course there were the devilish hazards of war for good measure. 4. Malta convoys, weather wise, had a far better time. However, the weather ...