US ends lend-lease upon entering war

If it's so secret why are we discussing it here? I don't want a knock on the door in the middle of the night!

 

Well Im wondering too that if it was "(Officially secret until 2041)". What happened? Who leaked it? And why?

 

I thought lend lease technically ended once we got in the war.

 

No,it was still called Lend Lease. The program continued, grew, and evolved. The details changed many times as thee years passed, the types of material changed. But the basic premise remained. US industry provided the material British and Soviet industry fell short on. As the program evolved it was oriented towards making the Allied global production more efficient. ie: it was better to concentrate Soviet automotive manufactoring on tanks which are costly to transport and send trucks from the US as they were easier.

 

Quote-How much difference might this have made- ALOT!

America disides not to aid Britain.Britain will have the last laugh over America!- Britain will have been invaded by Germany when Germany's war machine was fully loaded and powerful and full protental, Germany would of taken over the RAF and RN and join it up with there own navy and luffuwaffe, at the time Germany was already powerful,Germany with Britains extra mighty equitment would of over powered the Americans why?
Cause America with out British R/N and RAF two major forces of the Allied side could not surport America.

Britain would of had the last laugh over America, if America did not surport England.

What comes around,goes around.

Warm cheers

 

I have a question, does that include such things as oil and other raw materials like copper, aluminum, iron and rubber?

v.R

 

But the US was no longer requiring leased bases in exchange for goods correct? So if you define LL as the US governmental program where by goods were exchanged for leases to overseas bases then the program ended once the US got in the war. Indeed LL was a mechanism to get goods to cash strapped countries that couldn't legally be just given them at the time. Once the war started the legal prohibitions disappeared. Was it still called LL at the time? You are correct in that the war aid today is referred to as LL but is it technically correct to do so?

 

The 'Bases for Destroyers' swap was a one shot program outside of the LL program. Of course both were part of The US governments larger group of programs for supplying allys and friendly countries. The material sent to South American nations were outside the LL program. The rebuilding of the French army in 1943-44 was a seperate program. LL to Britian was tied to a agreement for post war repayment, and related to a exchange of stratigic materials like rare metals from British colonies. There were some similar items sent from the USSR tho I dont know how much. The accounting for the resources being shifted about the globe was understandiblly complex. and sloppy due to the sense of emergency.

Exactly what was labeled as part of the LL program and when that label applied would take a long paragraph to sum up. Unfortunatly I dont have a decent refrence at hand and am reluctant to write any more from memory.

 

Quit being reasonable and prudent. This is the internet after all.

 

Sorry, I only get excited & irrational with trolls. Although my logic does get a bit fuzzy at times.