Persian Corridor

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The Persian Corridor was a vital World War II supply route through Iran used by the Allies to transport military aid to the Soviet Union.

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Generate an image of the Persian Corridor (The Persian Corridor was a vital World War II supply route through Iran used by the Allies to transport military aid to the Soviet Union.)

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II supply route ⓘ
military supply corridor ⓘ
affectedCountry Iran ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anglo-Soviet Persian Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor

Trans-Persian Lend-Lease route ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor
becameOperational 1942 ⓘ
cargoType aircraft ⓘ
ammunition ⓘ
food ⓘ
industrial equipment ⓘ
raw materials ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
trucks ⓘ
controlledBy British forces in southern Iran ⓘ
Soviet forces in northern Iran ⓘ
endPoint Soviet border ⓘ
Transcaucasian Soviet republics ⓘ
historicalRegion Middle East ⓘ
Southwest Asia ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
impactOnIran development of transport infrastructure ⓘ
increased Allied military presence ⓘ
invasionYear 1941 ⓘ
keyPort Bandar Shahpur ⓘ
Basra ⓘ
Khorramshahr ⓘ
keyRailHub Bandar Shah ⓘ
linked to: Bandar Shahpur

Tehran ⓘ
keyRailLine Trans-Iranian Railway ⓘ
locatedIn Iran ⓘ
majorContributor United States Lend-Lease shipments ⓘ
opposedBy Axis powers ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
otherMainRoute Arctic convoys to Murmansk and Archangel ⓘ
Pacific route to Soviet Far East ⓘ
partOf Lend-Lease program ⓘ
passesThrough Persia ⓘ
peakUsePeriod 1943 ⓘ
primaryPurpose transporting Allied supplies to the Soviet Union ⓘ
securedBy Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran ⓘ
significance one of the three main supply routes to the USSR ⓘ
startPoint Bandar Shahpur ⓘ
Khorramshahr ⓘ
Persian Gulf ports ⓘ
strategicImportance bypassed German-controlled European routes ⓘ
ensured continuous supply to Eastern Front ⓘ
transportMode inland waterway ⓘ
rail ⓘ
road ⓘ
sea ⓘ
usedBy Allies ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Free French forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ
usedUntil 1945 ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iran → corridorName → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Persian Corridor → alsoKnownAs → Anglo-Soviet Persian Corridor ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor
Persian Corridor → alsoKnownAs → Trans-Persian Lend-Lease route ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor
Trans-Iranian Railway → partOf → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Ninth Army → associatedWith → Middle East Supply Route ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor
Persian Corridor operations → alsoKnownAs → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Persian Corridor operations → alsoKnownAs → Trans-Iranian Lend-Lease route ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor
abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi → relatedTo → Allied supply route to the Soviet Union (Persian Corridor) ⓘ
linked to: Persian Corridor