Lend-Lease program

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United States government program World War II program military aid program

The Lend-Lease program was a World War II U.S. initiative that supplied Allied nations, especially Britain and the Soviet Union, with vital military aid and materials to support their fight against the Axis powers.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Lend-Lease program canonical 8
Lend-Lease Act 5
Lend-Lease 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government program ⓘ
World War II program ⓘ
military aid program ⓘ
aimedAt supporting Allied powers against Axis powers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States ⓘ
Lend-Lease program ⓘ
surface form: Lend-Lease Act
appliesToPeriod World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
endTime 1945-09-20 ⓘ
followedBy postwar settlement agreements on Lend-Lease debts ⓘ
historicalImpact facilitated U.S. support for Allies before formal entry into World War II ⓘ
strengthened Allied military capabilities ⓘ
introducedInLegislatureBy Roosevelt administration ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
legalBasis United States Public Law 77-11 ⓘ
legalForm federal law of the United States ⓘ
locationOfLegislativeBody Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainOpponent Axis powers ⓘ
precededBy Cash and carry policy ⓘ
primaryRecipient Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
provided aircraft ⓘ
food ⓘ
industrial equipment ⓘ
locomotives ⓘ
oil ⓘ
raw materials ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
trucks ⓘ
warships ⓘ
purpose to supply Allied nations with military aid and materials ⓘ
to support the defense of countries vital to the defense of the United States ⓘ
recipient Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
Free France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
significantPerson President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
startTime 1941-03-11 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-American relations → includesAgreement → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Lend-Lease program → alsoKnownAs → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act
Persian Corridor → partOf → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Roosevelt administration → significantEvent → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease policy
Roosevelt administration → notablePolicy → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease
77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act
United States home front during World War II → keyProgram → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease
United States Armed Forces in World War II → logisticalSupport → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Atlantic Conference → topic → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease policy
Guomin Gemingjun → usedEquipment → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Lend-Lease equipment
An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States → alsoKnownAs → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act
An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States → alsoKnownAs → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Cash and carry policy → followedBy → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease policy
United States Public Law 77-11 → hasShortName → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act
United States Public Law 77-11 → authorizedProgram → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Foreign Economic Administration → notableProgram → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Program
Office of Lend-Lease Administration → appliesTo → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Office of Lend-Lease Administration → basedOn → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act of 1941
Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) → relatedTo → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Silver Fox
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union
Wendell Willkie → supported → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease policy
World War II diplomacy → includesAgreement → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease agreements
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → receivedAidFrom → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease program of the United States
Bell P-39 Airacobra → exportedVia → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend‑Lease program
Neutrality Act of 1939 → precedes → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act of 1941
NRA (China) → usedEquipment → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: US Lend-Lease equipment
Churchill tanks → usedInTheatre → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
subject surface form: Churchill tank
this entity surface form: Eastern Front (Lend-Lease to USSR)
United States wartime aircraft production program → coordinatedWith → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Ladd Air Force Base → associatedWith → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
Persian Corridor operations → relatedTo → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease
Studebaker US6 truck → suppliedUnder → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease
H.R. 1776 → became → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act of 1941
H.R. 1776 → shortTitleAfterEnactment → Lend-Lease program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lend-Lease Act