Persian Corridor

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World War II supply route military supply 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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Persian Corridor canonical 6
Anglo-Soviet Persian Corridor 1
Middle East Supply Route 1

Statements (57)

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

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

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 Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usedDuring World War II ⓘ
usedUntil 1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Iran → corridorName → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Persian Corridor → alsoKnownAs → Persian Corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Soviet Persian Corridor
Persian Corridor → alsoKnownAs → Persian Corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Persian Lend-Lease route
Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → front → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → relatedTo → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Trans-Iranian Railway → partOf → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Ninth Army → associatedWith → Persian Corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle East Supply Route
Persian Corridor operations → alsoKnownAs → Persian Corridor ⓘ
Persian Corridor operations → alsoKnownAs → Persian Corridor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Iranian Lend-Lease route
Anglo-Soviet-Iranian Tripartite Treaty of 1942 → context → Persian Corridor ⓘ