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The US Congress passes the Lend-Lease Bill which will provide billions of dollars of war materials to the Allied powers

Year: 1941 to 1945

Geographical Region(s): North America 

Category: International Relations and Warfare

Associated Nation(s): United States United Kingdom U.S.S.R. France China

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(Multimedia History): The Human Machinery of War
Typically when we think of WWII, we think of soldiers, killed or injured on foreign soil, but America’s production soldiers, the men and women who manned the nation’s factories, mills, and mines, also suffered heavy physical losses during the conflict. This Multimedia History explores both the experiences of disabled soldiers and industrial workers during WWII, battlefield medicine, industrial safety campaigns, and rehabilitation programs.