Lend-Lease

[Just A Girl]

The statements You posted Say.
That they Were talking about the Lend lease agreement,
One guy seems to ask How Much do we still owe?

Then he is Told, That The Lend lease is not repayable,

BUT they took out a signifigant lone in 1945.

Its feas able that britain did not receve much of this ammount and that it was more of a "money laundering operation" to cover up the Re-payments of the Lend lease.

However,
Its Also Just as Unlikley.

[Redleg]

Not really sure what information you are after - but several web sites have decent information on the aspects of Lend-Lease to include the numerous countries that recieved some sort of aid under the guise of the Lend-Lease Act.

This one has some of the answers I think you are looking for to include a link to the actual wording of the 1941 Lend-Lease Act.

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/BigL/BigL-5.html

Hope this helps.

It provides an interesting read - that might answer the question your wanting to get to .

[Redleg]

Some might be confusing several different aspects and legislation that constitute the different programs that often get lumped into the Lend-Lease debate. There were several programs before the March 1941 legislation that is titled the Lend Lease Act.

For instance in 1939 the Pittman Act allowed France and England to Purchase their previous cash and carry order of ammunition.

[nokhor]

i have heard that a lot of the supply trucks that the soviet union used in in the initial phases of the war was supplied by the u.s, but as soviet production revved up, by the end of the war, the americans had managed to supply about 5% of what the soviets consumed during the war.

[JimBob]

The USSR received military aid from the US. Lend Lease allowed the US to aid anyone deemed necessary to our national defense. Roosevelt interpreted that loosely to mean 'anyone fighting Germany and Japan' by the end of the war almost every country fighting the Axis was receiving some kind of aid.

If I can dig up a few books I'll have exact figures of some sort. I remember SPAM and Jeeps being mentioned in particular.

[Samurai Waki]

All I know is that by D-Day the Brit's had quite a few American Tanks...infact XXX Corp was comprised mostly of Shermans and the odd Crusader here and there.

[Franconicus]

I already knew that there was huge help for GB and the USSR. Now I know that most of it was paid by 'testing weapons' 'using bases' and other things (thank you Redleg).

Still do not know:

Did GB and the USSR send the planes, trucks and tanks back after the war? (guess the ammo was gone)
Did they pay money at all?
Who funded this program. I guess the US goverment. But it is such a huge amount - how did Roosevelt make the people accept to pay more tax to pay for the weapons for the British and Soviets?