The 2CV Alaska Challenge

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1942, American War Department Officials became worried about the vulnerability of Alaska, since at that time there was no road link to the lower 48 states. US Army bases in Alaska had to be supplied by sea, but the supply shipping was now in range of Japanese aircraft carriers. The solution was the Alaska Highway. This 1500 mile stretch of road was built in an astonishing eight months and twelve days by the US Army Corps of Engineers. It crosses rivers, swamps and mountains as it winds its way through some of the wildest terrain in North America. To this day, the Alaska Highway remains one of the world's great engineering feats.