lend-lease
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Eighty years ago, the Soviet Union ground down German forces, using the U.S. lend-lease material, including 183,000 trucks received by the summer of 1943.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023
Shmyhal also said the Ukrainian government had approved a request to the U.S. government for a "gas lend-lease" arrangement to help Ukraine through what he said would be the toughest heating season in its history.
From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2022
“It’s easy for him to do it. And I think right now what we’re doing with supply and with lend-lease, with the financing, is right.”
From Washington Times • May 1, 2022
House gave final passage Thursday to legislation that would streamline a World War II-era military lend-lease program to more quickly provide Ukraine and other Eastern European countries with American equipment to fight the Russian invasion.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022
With lend-lease terminated, I expect the direct operations under this program to be substantially completed in the current fiscal year.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
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World War II
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American History - Middle School
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