HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Sent weapons to the Axis Powers in hopes we wouldn’t be attacked by them
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Sent weapons to the Allied Powers to help them fight the Axis
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Sent troops and supplies to the Allies for the war effort
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Sent troops and supplies to the Axis powers for the war effort
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -By the end of June 1944 the United States had sent to the Soviets under lend-lease more than 11, 000 planes; over 6, 000 tanks and tank destroyers; and 300, 000 trucks and other military vehicles.
Detailed explanation-3: -31, enacted March 11, 1941), was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France, China, and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945. The aid was given for free on the basis that such help was essential for the defense of the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rather, Lend-Lease was designed to serve America’s interest in defeating Nazi Germany without entering the war until the American military and public was prepared to fight.