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by throwaway59553 1650 days ago
>which means they had a significant amount of support within the US government

That totally explains why the USA never attacked Stalin, and in fact provided lots of logistical material from oil, rubber, and ammo, to tanks and airplanes.
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TedDoesntTalk 1650 days ago
An alternate explanation: “the enemy (Russia) of my enemy (Germany) is my friend”.
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OldHand2018 1650 days ago
It's been years since I read Eisenhower's biography, but my recollection is that within the military a lot of the aid to Russia was seen as a terrible idea and many felt that the British tricked the US into giving that aid in a secret three-way meeting in North Africa.

Did I remember that correctly?

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NikolaeVarius 1650 days ago
Nope, incorrect. Lend Lease was criticized that it wasn't really lending gear, since there was a high expectation that it wasn't coming back.

I don't know of any large scale thoughts that Britain tricked the US into entering initial aid attempts. The US was heavily into anti Axis attempts early in the war.

You are remembering incorrectly.

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