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Roosevelt extends Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union

In the wake of Germany's invasion, Roosevelt authorized the extension of Lend-Lease assistance to the Soviet Union, permitting U.S. war materiel to be supplied to the Soviet war effort.

Roosevelt extends Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union

The extension brought substantive American material support to the USSR against Nazi Germany, cementing practical Allied cooperation and influencing the logistics and sustainment of the Eastern Front.

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