Chapter 778 Unknown Hero

Seeing that the former eldest brother and now brother, the United Kingdom, is being ravaged by Germany, the people of Citigroup cannot sit still.

Under the support of a wave of people with lofty ideals, many Citizen people reached a consensus.

In 1941, Congress passed an important bill to provide assistance to anti-fascist countries. This is the famous Lend-Lease Act.

On March 11, after the Senate and House of Representatives passed the Lend-Lease bill, Roosevelt signed his name on the bill.

Roosevelt's signature marked the formal entry into force of the Lend-Lease Act!

The bill stipulates that President Roosevelt can provide military supplies, food, and other materials to countries considered friendly to Citigroup and of great significance in the form of sale, exchange, transfer, and lease.

The most important thing is that if the target country cannot afford to pay these huge amounts of money, it will borrow it first.

In fact, the reason why the Concession Act was named this is that the large share of foreign loans is an important reason.

To this end, earlier, Roosevelt gave a vivid metaphor:

There was a fire at my neighbor's house, and I couldn't stand and watch and laugh;

All I had to do was lend him the hose to put out the fire;

My neighbor is busy putting out fires, or has no money, and I don’t need him to spend money on a hose first;

After the neighbor puts out the fire, all he needs to do is return the original items.

In fact, Roosevelt also has a famous saying: "Citigroup must become the arsenal of friendly countries."

What has to be said is that the implementation of the Lend-Lease Act marked that Citigroup no longer played isolationism and no longer remained neutral.

The most important thing is that, gradually, Citigroup was also forced to get involved in the trend of World War II.

Of course, Citigroup had very deep intentions in playing Lend-Lease first and then joining the battlefield of World War II.

On the one hand, Citigroup and the UK are brothers, and their interests have always been surprisingly consistent.

As the old saying goes, brothers look at the wall and look out to protect themselves from insults.

The younger brother Britain is being beaten by Germany, even being pushed to the ground and beaten. Citigroup can no longer stand it anymore.

On the other hand, after making huge war fortunes during World War I, Citigroup was only vaguely the world leader.

In order to secure its leadership position in the world, and to consolidate this position, Citigroup believes that it must not sit on the sidelines.

According to the Lend-Lease Act, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party provided supplies worth US$50 billion to dozens of anti-fascist countries including Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and China.

Among them, the country that received the earliest and largest amount of aid was none other than the United Kingdom.

Among the more than 50 billion US dollars, the UK’s share is 30 billion, accounting for 60%.

Below the UK is the Maozi Kingdom.

Mao Ziguo received US$10 billion in support, accounting for 20%.

In addition to the United Kingdom and other countries, dozens of Western countries such as France have also received support from Citigroup.

On May 6, 1941, Roosevelt officially announced that the Lend-Lease Act also applied to China!

As of September 3, 1945, the United States had provided $845 million in aid to China.

It has to be said that the implementation of the Lend-Lease Act played an immeasurable role in the final victory of the Allies.

Naturally, when World War II ended, Lend-Lease ended automatically.

What makes Ye Tian depressed is that among all the aid, China received too little share.

In addition, Ye Tian also knew an inside story that made people and gods angry.

Because in the middle and late stages of the All-out Anti-Japanese War, China was severely blockaded by the island countries, and it was not very convenient for Citigroup to support China.

For this reason, most of Citigroup's support to China goes through Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Due to historical reasons, most of these two places are British colonies.

Naturally, if China wants to receive these aids, it still needs to be transferred by the UK.

In this way, the problem arises.

Because it is not very friendly to China and is too naughty at heart, Britain always stumbles.

The most egregious thing is that Britain would rather let the island countries capture these military supplies than transfer them to China in time.

Therefore, much of the aid from Citigroup has become a generous gift for the British to fund island countries.

Regarding these things, Ye Tian said that he would work hard to prevent such things from happening.

Of course, even though he knew that Citigroup did not fully support China's war of resistance and instead helped Britain and Mao Zedong, Ye Tian had no complaints about Citigroup.

Also, although people have purposeful support for China, if you have any objections, you don't have to accept it at all.

If you, Huaxia, want to accept it, you have to welcome it with a smile.

There is no free lunch in the world, and pie will not fall out of thin air.

Ye Tian plans to work hard to get Citigroup to support China as soon as possible.

The most important thing, Ye Tian thought, was to ask Citigroup to increase its assistance to China.

Ye Tian believes that to achieve these goals, he only needs to have a good relationship with some powerful congressmen.

Among them, the most important thing is to have a good relationship with the Rothschild family.

If you have a good relationship with this family, you can definitely achieve your goals.

After all, the Rothschild family has many spokespersons in Citi.

Among them, many members of the Senate and House of Representatives listen to this family.

Also, unlike most Citizen who believe in neutralism, President Roosevelt, although disabled, acted from a high position and was a tough fighter.

Ye Tian believes that with the promotion of the Rothschild family, it will definitely be effective.

Although the United States will not send troops directly to China, there is nothing wrong with lending China a moderate amount of military equipment.

Yes, at present, although Germany strongly supports China.

However, it will not be long before Germany will terminate this aid under the protest of its allied island countries.

After Germany, for its own national interests, Russia took over the baton of aid to China.

However, when Germany attacked and invaded Russia, Russia was unable to take care of itself and could not support China.

Therefore, the best country to support China is the United States.

It must be said that in World War II, the reason why the United States led the allied countries to win is very obvious.

The national strength of the United States is too strong and the production capacity is too strong.

Take the aircraft carrier equipped with nearly 100 aircraft as an example. Even if one is sunk by the island country, the United States can still produce more in a very short time.

On the other hand, the island country, although its industrial strength can crush China, is not comparable to the United States.

In history, every time an aircraft carrier was sunk by the United States, it meant that the armed forces of the island country were severely weakened.

Once an aircraft carrier was sunk, the island country was unable to rebuild it in a short period of time.

In fact, it is better to say that the United States had strong combat power during World War II than to say that its equipment was too scary.

Yes, with such a big hand of good cards, even a fool can easily defeat the enemy.

To put it bluntly, with so many advanced equipment, even if they are smashed, they can smash the enemy to death!

On the other hand, after understanding Ye Tian's purpose and knowing that Ye Tian wanted to be an unknown hero, Annie said that she had opinions to express.