Today
in History - March 11
March 11, 1941 -
the great arsenal(武器库)for
democracy is born. Following quick congressional(国会的)approval,
President Roosevelt signed his Lend-Lease Act(租界法案),
the great arsenal for democracy, authorizing(批准)unprecedented(空前的)billions
of dollars in desperately(非常)-needed
aid to the Allies. Almost a year before Pearl Harbor, FDR
proclaimed(声明),
“The experience of the past 2 years has proven beyond doubt
that no nation can appease(满足)the
Nazis. You cannot tame(驯服)a
tiger into a kitten by petting it.“ Without the close to $50
billion dollars offered through lend-lease, it may be that
neither Britain nor Russia would have survived the Nazi
assault(攻击).
