The Royal Wedding- 2018!
* The Royal Wedding- 2018!
Didn’t we kick ass-in 1776 so we wouldn’t have to deal with nonsense like Kings & Queens, Princes & Princesses, Dukes & Duchesses, Lords, Ladies, Sirs and Dames? Personally, I like “our” nonsense better- The Kennedys, The Clintons, The Trumps- but then again, that’s just me!
By the way- if I offended any of you Brits out there- just remember the words Lend Lease…
Anyway…
History.com
January 10th
On this day in 1941, Franklin Roosevelt introduces the lend-lease program to Congress. The plan was intended to help Britain beat back Hitler’s advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II.
As Roosevelt addressed Congress, the Battle of Britain was in its full destructive swing and Hitler seemed on the verge of invading Great Britain. The cash-strapped Brits desperately needed airplanes, tanks and ships to fight Hitler’s imminent invasion. For months, Britain’s prime minister, Winston Churchill, had begged Roosevelt for help, but the president was committed to abiding by Americans’ wishes to stay out of another bloody world war.
The lend-lease program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States. The plan thus gave Roosevelt the power to lend arms to Britain with the understanding that, after the war, America would be paid back in kind. Congress overwhelmingly accepted the plan, which only staunch isolationists opposed. Roosevelt’s program enabled the U.S. military to prepare for the growing threat of Japan on its Pacific flank while helping Britain to contain Hitler across the Atlantic, as it permitted aid to Europe without committing American troops that might be needed in a Pacific war. Even though Roosevelt’s plan did not require immediate repayment, the United States commandeered what was left of Britain’s gold reserves and overseas investments to help pay for the increased defense production.
With the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japan forced the entry of the United States into the war. Roosevelt then recognized the strategic advantage of also supplying the Soviet Union with arms under lend-lease in order to draw Hitler’s resources away from Western Europe. This gave the United States a better chance at fighting a war on two fronts while planning for an invasion to liberate Europe. Roosevelt, mindful of the inherent conflict between American democracy and Soviet communism, counted on using U.S. military aid to the Soviet Union as a bargaining chip in post-war diplomatic relations.
By the end of the war the United States had given more than $50 billion in armaments and financial support to Britain, the U.S.S.R. and 37 other countries. The lend-lease program laid a foundation for the post-war Marshall Plan, which provided aid to European nations to help rebuild their economies after two devastating world wars.
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Love the picture.
Why any American would give two shits about The Royal Wedding is beyond me.
This wedding business is stupid beyond belief.
Jeff.
Big tourist business from this monarchy crap all year long. Sort of like our Graceland.
Jeff,
No Lend Lease would have resulted in no Beatles and no Jerry & The Pacemakers.
It’s high time to dump this inbread monarchy that only takes from the U.K. Aren’t we all tired of these Royal’s taking billions from the U.K. taxpayers? Just what does the average U.K. citizen get from these overpaid and boring silver spoon fools?
Jeff,
It’s stories like this one that make Jeff eats such a great read.
Thanks,
Frank Esposito
Talk about being members of the Lucky Sperm Club. This guy Harry and is brother probably aren’t smart enough in real life to be McDonalds’ cashiers.
What an absurd event.
Maybe something for the Brits to see but Americans? I dont think so.
This fellow Harry is 6 in line to the throne.
Lmao at this bullshit.
Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon of CNN are way too interested in the gowns the women at the wedding are wearing. I wonder why?😴
What silliness.
What nonsense.