Special: Sealing the Alliance

Pilots,

In this week’s special we recall the unlikely alliance between the Soviet Union and the US during WWII.  What history often omits is how the Americans helped influence the outcome of the war through the crucial delivery of military resources, including planes, to the Soviets as part of the “Lend-Lease” program. 

Today we want to shed a light on this forgotten chapter of US-Soviet relations with the following bonuses in the game:

50% discount in credits on the purchase of US Tier V Fighter P-40

 Do as the Soviets did and get this legendary fighter for less during this week’s special!
 

50% discount in tokens on Soviet Tier V Fighter P-40 M-105

 No better time to purchase a Premium plane than when it’s on discount, right Pilots? 
 

Double credits income for both of these two planes

Be rewarded when flying with these two iconic planes by receiving twice the income!

These bonuses will be available from Wednesday 24th July  08:00 CEST (GMT +2) until Friday 26th July at 07:30. 

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” – that’s what US-President Franklin D. Roosevelt may have thought when he sealed the alliance to Stalin in November 1941, by officially including the Soviet Union to the pool of recipients for help from the “Lend-Lease” program. Despite a strong anti-communist-feeling among Americans, the US felt that aiding the Soviet Union in their fight against the German aggressors would ultimately not only help the Russian people, but also reinstall a much needed balance of powers and help keep Europe in check.

After Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, the “Lend-Lease” arrangement, which had originally begun as an aid to allied Great Britain for their own war efforts against the Nazis, was expanded to a large scale operation, delivering masses of military weapons, raw materials, industrial equipment and food to the ailing Soviets. Among the many resources that the US sent to their newly-found allies were a multitude of trucks, tanks, motorcycles, and also thousands of warplanes, which were meant to help bolster the Soviet fighter units.

“Lend-Lease”-aircraft, usually consisting of P-40’s, many P-39’s Airacobra, as well as a lot of A-20 Boston and B-25 Mitchell bombers, would ultimately amount to around a fifth of all aircraft in the Soviet air forces. They became very popular with many Soviet pilots who adapted the original American designs for their own needs, creating among others the P-40 M-105, which you can discover in the game as a Premium plane today.

Over the course of the war, the Soviet Union went on to become the second largest recipient (after the British Commonwealth) of munitions and other materials, valued at a total of 11.3 billion dollars.

It is safe to say that this unlikely alliance between the Soviets and the Americans, both helped to secure the victory over Nazi Germany, and also save millions of Russian lives. It provided the country with much needed assistance in desperate times of outward war and inward political struggle. 

You too can help improve international relations by flying with those P-40’s this week, Pilots!