Multiple Examples of American Aid to Russia

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http://blogs.voanews.com/russia-watch/2012/09/25/making-the-kremlin-queasy-massive-american-aid-has-helped-russians-three-times-in-the-last-century/

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...What did this money buy for the USSR?  3,770 bombers, 11,594 fighter planes, 5,980 anti-aircraft guns, 2,000 railroad locomotives, 51,000 jeeps, 361,000 trucks, 56,445 field telephones, 600,000 kilometers of telephone wire, 22 million artillery shells, almost one billion rifle cartridges, and 15 million pairs of army boots....

Incomplete.

I would be remiss if I didn't point out that the author failed to note arguably the most instrumental item given to the Soviets during this time what many historians believe is the one single item that enabled Russia to triumph over Nazi Germany.

It was a very dark day in Hawaii that fateful day when endless array of ships and cargo planes carrying millions of pounds of this item left their shores heading directly to Russia...the total cost of this particular item at that time? Estimates had it at roughly $1,000.00 at the time..

SPAM.