March 11 in American History
President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act, letting America supply Britain, and later the Soviet Union and others, with weapons and materiel before formally entering World War II. It made the U.S. the "Arsenal of Democracy" in fact, not just in speech, and tilted the war toward the Allies long before Pearl Harbor.
In 1941: the Lend-Lease Act. President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act, letting America supply Britain, and later the Soviet Union and others, with weapons and materiel before formally entering World War II.
President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act, letting America supply Britain, and later the Soviet Union and others, with weapons and materiel before formally entering World War II. It made the U.S. the "Arsenal of Democracy" in fact, not just in speech, and tilted the war toward the Allies long before Pearl Harbor.
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