Lend-Lease â a state act of the United States of America (USA), which allowed in 1941-1945 to supply their allies in World War II with military supplies, equipment, food, medical equipment and medicines, strategic raw materials, including petroleum products without pre-payment. All Lend-Lease deliveries were paid for by the US Treasury, the return of the remaining serviceable weapons and equipment should be made after the end of hostilities (in fact, the defeat of Japan). The main recipients of supplies under the Lend-Lease Act were the countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the USSR.
The Lend-Lease Act gave the President of the United States the power to help any country whose defense was deemed vital to his country, without payment in advance. The Lend Lease Act (Lend Lease Act) full name â âLaw to ensure the defense of the United Statesâ (An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States), adopted by the US Congress on March 11, 1941, provided the following conditions:
-property transferred under lend-lease, remaining after the end of the war and suitable for civilian purposes, will be paid in whole or in part on the basis of long-term loans provided by the United States (mostly interest-free loans);
-If the American side is interested, the undestroyed and unlost machinery and equipment must be returned to the United States after the war.
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