2 set 1940 ano - Destroyers-for-Bases Deal

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The Destroyers-for-Bases Deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom in 1940, where the U.S. supplied fifty aging destroyers to Britain in exchange for land rights on British colonial territories to build military bases. This deal marked a significant step away from U.S. neutrality in World War II and helped strengthen the British naval fleet at a critical time during the Battle of the Atlantic.