T-34 will be on here soon telling us it was all lies or they were all second hand. I have a few Lend Lease documents. Some of the volumes are staggering.
teehee, not just T-34. There was a debate about Hurricanes to Russia on TOCH, and one of the statements was very reminiscent of T-34: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=7289
Lend Lease from Major Jordan;s Diaries. All sections are interesting however scan down to page seventeen and check out the food section. http://www.geocities.com/mark_willey/lend.html
I have always been amazed at the Industrial might of the United States etc with weapons of war however the "Food" etc while feeding their own population, their Armed Forces et al, they were able to supply these numbers in Lend Lease to Russia. FOODSTUFFS X Item X Amount X Cost in Dollars Meat, canned, n.e.s. 72,000 lbs. 25,762. Poultry, live 6,300 lbs. 7,384. Beef & veal, fresh or frozen 89,238 lbs. 13,786. Beef & veal, pickled or cured 32,400 lbs. 6,383. Pork, pickled, salted, fresh frozen 529,814,747 lbs. 77,010,566. Gelatin, edible 18,690 lbs. 16,653. Meat extract & bouillon cubes 685 lbs. 1,185. Ham & shoulders, cured 27,355,903 lbs. 8,794,783. Other edible animal products, n.e.s. -- 222,593. Bacon 70,531,571 lbs. 11,790,369. Cumber1and & Willshire sides 40,000 lbs. 10,400. Sausage, bologna, etc., not canned 1,301,439 lbs. 477,075. Sausage ingredients, cured 573,031 lbs. 82,876. Meats, n.e.s. includ. smoked poultry 33,610,181 lbs. 16,130,915. Beef, canned 16,710,448 lbs. 4,735,745. Pork, canned 297,186,838 lbs. 123,784,465. Sausage, bologna, etc., canned 583,479,422 lbs. 204,150,308. Chicken, canned 109,793 lbs. 46,879. Other canned meats, excl. chicken 2,405,696,825 lbs. 180,764,722. Tushenka, canned 166,650,966 lbs. 70,335,231. Fish, canned 291,227 lbs. 41,882. Eggs dried 242,459,249 lbs. 280,800,963.
