WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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How America sold munitions to Europe during WWII
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America shipped munitions to Europe and were paid cash
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Europeans paid Americans to carry their weapons throughout Europe.
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A undercover drug deal operating at the time of WWII
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before passage of the Neutrality Act of 1939, Roosevelt persuaded Congress to allow the sale of military supplies to allies like France and Britain on a “cash-and-carry” basis: They had to pay cash for American-made supplies, and then transport the supplies on their own ships.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1939, after Germany invaded Poland, Roosevelt bypassed these restrictions by persuading Congress to permit the government to sell military supplies to France and Britain on a cash-and-carry basis-in other words, they could pay cash for American-made supplies and then transport them on their own ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -The cash and carry program stimulated U.S. manufacturing while allowing the Allied nations, particularly the United Kingdom, to purchase much needed military equipment.
Detailed explanation-4: -A “cash-and-carry” provision in the Neutrality Act that Congress had added in 1937 permitted the sale of arms to European warring parties as long as they crossed the Atlantic on their own ships and paid for them at once in cash.
Detailed explanation-5: -(noun) A policy requested by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt first in 1936 and later in 1939. It allowed the sale of materiel to belligerents, as long as the recipients arranged for the transport using their own ships and paid immediately in cash.