During the Second World War, the United States sent thousands of tanks and armored vehicles to the Soviet Union as military aid. The flow of arms and equipment was vital in keeping the Soviet Union in the fight, and ultimately 4,102 M4 Sherman medium tanks were sent to the Eastern Front—where they were known as Emchas. One tank that didn't make it was traveling on the Liberty Ship SS Thomas Donaldson. Liberty Ships were military cargo ships designed for mass production, hauling cargo from the Pacific to the Persian Gulf. The Thomas Donaldson left Scotland on March 11th, 1945 bound for a port on Russia's Kola peninsula. Just twenty miles from port, the ship was sunk by a German U-boat. Several ...
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