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Lend-Lease Act

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Lend-Lease Act
provision of American materiel to beleaguered Allies in WWII. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 480]
See : Aid, Governmental
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From the sale in 1940 of surplus war materiel through to the $7 billion allocation of military supplies under the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, the United States, at the president's urging, channeled a vital torrent of armaments to Britain.
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The British cargo ship, torpedoed in June 1942 while carrying precious metals to the US to help pay for the Allied war effort under the Lend-Lease Act, was recently discovered by the Sub Sea Research Co.
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He opposed the Lend-Lease Act, the extension of Selective Service, and the transfer of ships to Great Britain.
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