1941    Lend-Lease is introduced in the U.S. Congress.

1941    World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

1941    World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

1941    World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French.

1942    World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.