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Lend-lease
Topic Started: Jan 10 2016, 03:49 PM (187 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
Most are aware of the equipment America provided her allies under the lend-lease program.

But what major pieces of equipment did America's allies provide for her? Not access to technology, but fully functioning war machines?
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
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jon-nyc
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Trucks, trucks, and more trucks.

Jeeps.

In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Jolly
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Actually, ships.

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The U.S. obtained both the existing Flower series of Corvettes from the Commonwealth, as well as some brand new upgraded-Flower class ships from Canadian shipyards.
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jon-nyc
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Oops - I misread the question. Trucks and jeeps went the other way.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Copper
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The Jeep was known as a general purpose vehicle

Or in government terms a GP

And GP was shortened to one syllable - Jeep

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Jolly
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The story of the Flower class is really pretty neat...The little ships did a job they weren't designed for and did it pretty well, until the Allies could get enough destroyers to meet their needs. Surprisingly, the Kriegsmarine also completed 4 Flower hulls captured in French shipyards and used them as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower-class_corvette

I suspect North Atlantic duty on one of these little ships could best be described as "brutal".
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