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The United States embarked on a famine relief program in the Soviet Union
The U.S. sent relief ships to the Soviet Union and sent $20 million worth of corn to feed the starving people of Russia. After just one month nearly 11 million people were being fed a day. -
The US sends massive amounts of war material to the Soviet Union
Under the Lend-Lease Act the U.S. sent war materials to the Soviet Union which was critical in them withstand the Nazi invasion. -
Sumner Welles warns Soviet Ambassador Constantine Oumansky of a future Nazi attack against the Soviet Union
Negotiations began to take place in Washington between Sumner Welles and Constantine Oumansky. Welles refuse to agree to Soviet demands that the U.S. recognize teh changed borders of the Soviet Union after they seized territory in Finland, Romania, and Poland. -
Nazis decided to launch an invasion on the Soviet Union
This ultimately led to the Soviet Union agreeing to an alliance with the United States. Roosevelt then sent Harry L. Hopkins to Moscow to assess the Soviet Union's military. -
The Grand Allinace was made
The Grand Alliance was an alliance made between the U.S, Great Birtain, and the Soviet Union. -
U.S. and British officials excluded the Soviets from secret negotiations with German officers
British and U.S. officials excluded the Soviets from secret negotiations with German officers in trying to secure the surrender of German troops in Italy. -
The US establish full diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
President Framklin D. Roosevelt established full diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and was the last major power to do this.
