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| − | The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was a congressional act that allowed the [[President]] to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the [[United States]]. President Roosevelt persuaded [[Congress]] to pass this act in 1941. The Soviet Union, locked in a struggle with the invading German [[Wehrmacht]] greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel. The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945. | + | The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was a congressional act that allowed the [[President]] to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the [[United States]]. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt |Roosevelt]] persuaded [[Congress]] to pass this act in 1941. The [[Soviet Union]], locked in a struggle with the invading German [[Wehrmacht]] greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel. The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945. |
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Revision as of 15:42, July 28, 2007
The Lend-Lease Act was a congressional act that allowed the President to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the United States. President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass this act in 1941. The Soviet Union, locked in a struggle with the invading German Wehrmacht greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel. The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945.