USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States."

Detailed explanation-2: -On this date, the House of Representatives voted to give final approval to the Lend-Lease Act (H.R. 1776)-authorizing the President to sell, lease, or lend military hardware to any country he designated as vital to American national security.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lend-Lease Act, approved by Congress in March 1941, had given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation’s official position of neutrality.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most important was the 1941 approval of Lend-Lease, which allowed the United States to transfer arms to nations vital to the national defense.