Why was the lend lease act created?

Answer 1

World War II officially started in Europe in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, Its invasion was swift and successful and Germany quickly began to overrun most of Europe. Many people in the U.S. ("isolationists") wanted to avoid involvement in World War II, believing that it was only a European conflict and that Nazi Germany would be satisfied with conquering Europe, but a few key people in the U.S. government, especially President Franklin Roosevelt, knew that the U.S. might not be able to defeat Germany if it was all alone, and did not believe Hitler would be satisfied even if he conquered all of Europe other than its allies. (Bear in mind that Russia had just signed a peace treaty with the Nazis in 1939.) England was the only country effectively battling the Nazis on the western front, so FDR was eager to help keep England fighting as long as possible until American popular opinion caught up with the reality of Hitler's desire for world domination. He was limited by laws that had been passed by Congress (the Neutrality Act) which was also isolationist. England was desperate to replace all the ships and other war materiel that had already been destroyed in the war, but didn't have the raw materials, factories, or people to do it quickly enough. The U.S. had ships left over from World War I sitting idle; the English had military bases they didn't need in various places; so FDR worked out a trade. With his knack for putting complicated concepts in everyday terms, FDR explained in one of his radio broadcast "Fireside Chats" that Lend-Lease was like lending your neighbor a hose when his house is on fire - which would help keep your own house from catching fire too.

Answer 2

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