Also known as the ‘Alaskan Highway’ the Alcan was built during WW2. It was built to connect the us territory to the us through Canada. It was paved through incase there was an urgent need to get from one place to another through Military accompaniment. Now its a tourist destination.
At “show” trials during the Great Purge, suspects often admitted to fault even when they were completely innocent, in the hopes of receiving a reduced sentence or avoiding the labor camps in the East.
