Destroyers-for-bases deal
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The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on 2 September 1940, according to which 50 Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were t
Transferred destroyers sailing into British port, October 1940
American and British sailors examine depth charges. In the background are US Wickes-class destroyers before their transfer
U.S. Navy Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland
Coastal artillery battery at Fort Amherst, Newfoundland
Lend-Lease
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Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union,
Destroyers-for-bases deal
…Tizard Mission Lend-Lease, a successor agreement loosely modelled on the Destroyers for Bases Agreement Northeast Air Command for airfields in Newfoundland and Labrador…
President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (March 1941).
House of Representatives bill # 1776, p.1
British pupils wave for the camera as they receive plates of American bacon and eggs from Lend-Lease
Water-cooled machine guns, just arrived from the USA under lend-lease, are checked at an ordnance depot in England c. 1941