Lend-Lease

Wartime supply program

Lend-Lease was a World War II program through which the United States supplied military equipment, food, and raw materials to Allied nations—primarily Britain and the Soviet Union—without requiring immediate payment.

The arrangement allowed Roosevelt to support the war effort while technically maintaining American neutrality.

Lend-Lease kept Britain fighting before America entered the war.

recipients

Britain

Island off northwestern Europe

Australia · New Zealand · Commonwealth · Stalin · allies · Greece · Norway · Poland · Belgium · Netherlands

policy

Roosevelt

Famous presidential surname

neutrality · foreign policy · legislation · bipartisan · isolationism · intervention · diplomacy · executive authority · congressional approval · mutual aid

materiel

tanks

Storage vessels for liquids

  • aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
  • trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
  • jeepsCompact rugged utility vehicles

ammunition · Sherman tanks · fuel · steel · aluminum · raw materials · locomotives · boots · uniforms · medical supplies

economics

debt

Money owed another

war production · GDP · deficit · settlement · Marshall Plan · economic leverage · trade · reconstruction · inflation · manufacturing boom

logistics

convoys

Groups traveling under guard

merchant marine · tonnage · distribution · cargo · U-boats · delivery routes · infrastructure · railroads · stockpiles · warehouses

Categories
Opposites
direction of aid

Lend-Leasewar reparations

Compensation from defeated nation

plunder · tribute · confiscation · economic exploitation · requisition

type of wartime involvement

Lend-Leasemilitary intervention

Use of troops abroad

boots on the ground · declaration of war · D-Day invasion · troop deployment · isolationism

international economic policy

Lend-Leaseisolationism

Policy avoiding foreign alliances

America First · protectionism · trade embargo · economic nationalism · autarky

Family

lend, lease, lender, lending, leased, leasing, leases, lenders, leaseholder

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