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Lend-Lease
administrators
and American neutrality
balances written off in 1946
effect on United Nations
establishment
extension to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Lend-Lease Act
reverse lend-lease
Roosevelt’s report to Congress, 1944
transfer of military equipment to Britain
value of goods transferred during the war
World War II
1942: United Nations
The term refers to the combination of nations opposed to those designated as Axis Powers in World War II. More technically, the United Nations are the twenty-six signatories to the 'Joint Declaration' signed in Washington Jan. 1, 1942, and those who subsequently adhered to it. The original...
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