In the Spring of 1941, President Franklin
d. Roosevelt signed into law a bill which allowed him to sell, loan, or give war material to countries for their defense against Axis forces. This bill was known as the
It was the Lend-Lease Act, this enabled the United States to
provide assistance to the allies before they entered the war. They would lend or lease weapons and supplies
to the allies so they could continue to oppose German expansion. Later on, the U.S. entered World War II on
the side of the allies.
