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[[Image:Lendleasemap.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Lend-lease routes]]

[[Image:Lendleasemap.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Lend-lease routes]]

The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was the system by which the U.S. gave  its allies $50 billion in military aid in 1941-45 to help win [[World War II]].<ref> The U.S. GDP was about $200 billion a year.</ref>. There was no repayment required.  $31 billion went to Britain, $11 billion to the Soviet Union, $3 billion to France, and $1.6 billion to China. In addition, Canada operated a similar program of aid to Britain, and Britain had its own program of aid to others, especially the Soviets.

The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was the system by which the U.S. gave  away $50 billion in military aid in 1941-45 (during [[World War II]]) so that the Allies could better fight Germany and Japan.<ref> The U.S. GDP was about $200 billion a year.</ref>. There was no repayment required.  $31 billion went to Britain, $11 billion to the Soviet Union, $3 billion to France, and $1.6 billion to China. In addition, Canada operated a similar program of aid to Britain, and Britain had its own program of aid to others, especially the Soviets.

It was a system of mutual and reciprocal aid which gave the U.S. about billions of services in return (especially rental of military bases on Allied soil). More broadly it meant the pooling of the resources, the man power, and the inventive genius of every Allied power.  The original Lend Lease Act was ''An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States''<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-23.htm</ref> passed by Congress in March 1941 (8 months before Pearl Harbor), and though it furnished by far the largest contribution measured by monetary standards, lend-lease was a two-way affair, each nation giving to the common cause according to its resources.  President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] determined that the defense of the [[United Kingdom]] against aggression was vital to the defense of the United States; Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] had general oversight on Roosevelt's behalf.  

It was a system of mutual and reciprocal aid which gave the U.S. about xx billions of services in return (especially rental of military bases on Allied soil). More broadly it meant the pooling of the resources, the man power, and the inventive genius of every Allied power.  The original Lend Lease Act was ''An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States''<ref>http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-23.htm</ref> passed by Congress in March 1941 (8 months before Pearl Harbor), and though it furnished by far the largest contribution measured by monetary standards, lend-lease was a two-way affair, each nation giving to the common cause according to its resources.  President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] determined that the defense of Britain against aggression was vital to the defense of the United States; Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] had general oversight on Roosevelt's behalf.  

[[Image:Lendlease2.jpg|thumb|400px|Women workers in British factories using Lend Lease machinery to make munitions; Britain received 60% of the Lend Lease aid]]

[[Image:Lendlease2.jpg|thumb|400px|Women workers in British factories using Lend Lease machinery to make munitions; Britain received 60% of the Lend Lease aid]]

==The Arsenal of Democracy==

==The Arsenal of Democracy==