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Originally Posted by petrolhead611
The intention was to defeat the Germans and their Axis allies, leave Britain so impoverished via Lease/Lend that our Empire would crumble and you would then make France the principal country in Europe.Oh, and you were rather late into WW1 as well lets not forget.
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The Neutrality Act of 1939 only allowed the US to sell munitions on a cash & carry basis to any countries that were at war. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 allowed the US to sell, lend, or give war materials to allied nations.
From the Office of the Historian - US Dep. of State website (won’t let me copy, so it’s a pic):
Edit: An interesting article on this topic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4757181.stm