US Lend-Lease programme for UK in 1941

THE CONFIDENTIAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN CHURCHILL [THEN FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY] AND ROOSEVELT DEVELOPED AFTER THE SUMMER OF 1940 INTO A CLOSE UNDERSTANDING

MEANTIME THE USA HAD BECOME MORE THAN JUST A MAJOR SOURCE OF SUPPLY ON A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE BASIS OF ARMAMENTS AND MUNITIONS

WITH THE DESTROYER BASES AGREEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 1940 THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BECAME DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND WHEN IN THAT AUTUMN BRITISH DOLLAR RESOURCES BEGAN TO RUN OUT THE PRESIDENT SPONSORED THE LEND-LEASE ARRANGEMENTS IN MARCH 1941 WHICH ENABLED BRITAIN TO CONTINUE IT'S USE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY AS PROVIDED BY HER THEN STRONGEST ALLY

IN THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF AMERICAN SO CALLED NEUTRALITY 40% OF THE COUNTRIES AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION AND ABOUT A QUARTER OF IT'S OUTPUT OF OTHER MUNITIONS WAS IN FULFILMENT OF BRITISH ORDERS

THIS GAVE A CONSIDERABLE BOOST TO BRITAIN'S MILITARY STRENGTH AND HELPED AMERICAN INDUSTRY TO GEAR ITSELF TO WAR PRODUCTION.