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[[File:Service-pnp-ppmsca-23900-23988r.jpg|right|250px|thumb|1942 American [[World War II]] [[propaganda]] poster designed to build support for the [[Soviet]] ally. The poster was part of a [[U.S. Office of War Information]] series aiming to foster positive views of Allied nations.<br>''Source: [[Library of Congress]]''<ref>https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009634186/</ref>]]
[[File:Service-pnp-ppmsca-23900-23988r.jpg|right|250px|thumb|1942 American [[World War II]] [[propaganda]] poster designed to build support for the [[Soviet]] ally. The poster was part of a [[U.S. Office of War Information]] series aiming to foster positive views of Allied nations.<br>''Source: [[Library of Congress]]''<ref>https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009634186/</ref>]]
The [[Lend-Lease Act]] was the system to oppose [[Nazism]] 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 the [[French National Committee]], and $1.6 billion to the [[Republic of China]]. In addition, Canada operated a similar, much-smaller program of aid to Britain, and Britain had its own small program of aid to others, especially the Soviets.
The [[Lend-Lease Act]] was the system to oppose [[Nazism]] 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 [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Imperial 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 the [[French National Committee]], and $1.6 billion to the [[Republic of China]]. In addition, Canada operated a similar, much-smaller program of aid to Britain, and Britain had its own small program of aid to others, especially the Soviets.
The official [[Soviet]] position and that of its [[Comintern]] allies prior to June 22, 1941 was in direct and vocal opposition to Lend-Lease aid to the [[British Empire]]. Once the German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] violated the terms of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] with [[Operation Barbarossa]] and the invasion of the Soviet Union, opposition ceased.
The official [[Soviet]] position and that of its [[Comintern]] allies prior to June 22, 1941 was in direct and vocal opposition to Lend-Lease aid to the [[British Empire]]. Once the German Chancellor [[Adolf Hitler]] violated the terms of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]] with [[Operation Barbarossa]] and the invasion of the Soviet Union, opposition ceased.