Why is Lend Lease Act important?

Answer 1

In July 1940, Britain lost eleven destroyers to the Germans, so Prime Minister Winston Churchill asked for help from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The President exchanged fifty destroyers for leases on British bases, then later enacted the Lend Lease Act, which allowed President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sell, transfer, exchange, or lend war supplies (such as food, weapons, and equipment) to countries that were fighting against the Axis Powers.

Through the Lend Lease Act, Britain received over $31 billion from the U.S. Other countries received a total of $19 billion. The money allowed Britain to continue fighting against the Axis Powers until the attack on Pearl Harbor caused the U.S. to also join the War. It was a way for the United States to assist the Allies without declaring war or violating the neutrality policy it had at the time. It also turned the U.S. into an arsenal of democracy. The Lend Lease Act brought the United States closer to war. According to Senator Robert Taft who opposed the act, America would basically be fighting a war without putting soldiers in the trenches where the actual fighting is.