<P> The lend - lease policy , formally titled `` An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States '' , ( Pub. L. 77 -- 11 , H.R. 1776 , 55 Stat. 31 , enacted March 11 , 1941 ) was a program by which the United States supplied Free France , the United Kingdom , the Republic of China , and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food , oil , and materiel between 1941 and August 1945 . This included warships and warplanes , along with other weaponry . The policy was signed into law on March 11 , 1941 and ended during September 1945 . The aid was free for some countries , although some countries were repaying with gold , and some military equipment were required to be returned after the war . In return for the aid , the U.S. was given leases on army and naval bases in Allied territory during the war . </P>
<P> The lend - lease policy , formally titled `` An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States '' , ( Pub. L. 77 -- 11 , H.R. 1776 , 55 Stat. 31 , enacted March 11 , 1941 ) was a program by which the United States supplied Free France , the United Kingdom , the Republic of China , and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food , oil , and materiel between 1941 and August 1945 . This included warships and warplanes , along with other weaponry . The policy was signed into law on March 11 , 1941 and ended during September 1945 . The aid was free for some countries , although some countries were repaying with gold , and some military equipment were required to be returned after the war . In return for the aid , the U.S. was given leases on army and naval bases in Allied territory during the war . </P>
when did the united states congress pass the lend-lease act
when did the united states congress pass the lend-lease act
March 11 , 1941
March 11 , 1941