| The Soviet Union acted oblivious to the war in the Pacific, did not remember the generous assistance of the American lend-lease act, and continued to resent Western nations for their delayed engagement in the war in Europe. |
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| The controversial event that heightened and defined the debate and led to vocal attacks between the groups was the Lend-Lease Act. |
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| After passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941, supply of military materials to foreign governments became a direct responsibility of the Army and one of its principal supply activities. |
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| What followed was the introduction of a massive aid bill, intense public and congressional debate between isolationists and interventionists, and then in spring 1941 passage of the Lend-Lease Act. |
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| The Lend-Lease Act was not a sudden or an isolated step, but the culmination of a long series of steps taken in the direction of co-operation with the Allies as the threat of war became greater. |
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| In 1941 Roosevelt forced the Lend-Lease Act through Congress, which permitted the United States to “lend” armaments to England, which no longer had money to buy the tools of war. |
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