ABSTRACT
The summer saw progress in the aspect of the Winston S. Churchill's strategy, the move towards dependence upon the United States (US). In November 1939, Congress had passed a Neutrality Revision Act which allowed arms to be sold to other States for cash provided they shipped them away themselves. Churchill's speeches had been designed to counter US doubts as well as revive morale at home; and, after Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, the USA was disposed to take the British more seriously. Churchill's eloquence undoubtedly had a tonic effect. Out of this new confidence, and after Roosevelt's re-election as President at the end of 1940, came a great burst of energy and a fine flowering of phrases to match. The materials would be made available to the United Kingdom on indefinite lease, being returned if undamaged and, if not, replaced in kind.
