P 21 1953 

ACCESSION NO 

PO RlGJ Tj{'{ ---­

THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR n: 

STATISTICS 

LEND-LEASE 

The United states Arrrry in lor1d War II, 

statistics. Chief of Wd1itary Hi tory. 

15 Dec 52. 

This Document 

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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

FOREWORD
 

This summary of lend-lea$e (or international aid) statistics 

was prepared for publication as a chapter of one of the Statistics 

volumes of the seriesU. S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. 

It was completed through the joint efforts of the Program 

Review and Analysis Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Army, 

and the Office of the Chief of Military History. 

All figures herein were obtained from reports prepared by 

the Office, Chief of Finance, from data furnished by the Army Service 

Forces, the Army Air Forces and oversea theaters. The dollar value 

figures have been revised through March 1952 and no further revisions 

are contemplated. This is the first time that the revised data on 

dollar values have been published. The figures on numbers of items 

were selected from a much more detailed statement published by the 

Office, Chief of Finance as of 31 December 1946. 

The figures on the pages that follow supersede those presented in "INTERNATIONAL AID STATISTICS, WORLD WAR II, a Summary of 

War Department Lend-Lease Activities Reported through 31 December 

1945", published by International Branch, Headquarters, Army Service 

Forces. The earlier publication, however, contains some explanatory 

information concerning the lend-lease program that was not included in 

this summary. 

Any suggestions for improving this chapter will be appreciated. 

LEND-LEASE
 

The Lend-Lease Act of 11 March 1941 provided a mechanism through which agencies 

of the United States Government furnished munitions and other supplies to foreign governments in order to promote the defense of the United States, generally without the payment 

of cash. 11 

This Act permitted the President to authorize the Secretary of War or the head 

of any other government agency to procure defense articles and to sell, lease or lend them 

to the governments of countries whose defense the President determined to be vital to the 

defense of the United States. In general, the War Department supplied items of the type 

it normally procured for the Army (including Air Force units), and other Federal agencies 

supplied types of goods and services in which they had primary interest. 

The total value of goods and services furnished by the, War Department under 

lend-lease procedures was approximately $25,100,000,000 according to reports prepared by 

the Office of the Chief of Finance. This was about half the total cost of the assistance 

that the United States furnished Allied nations under the terms of the Lend-Lease Act. 

of Lend-Lease Transactions 

War Department lend-lease dollar values were reported under four major categories each of which represented a different type of lend-lease transaction as indicated 

below. 

Direct lend-lea~e shipments from depots and other facilities in the United 

states accounted for about 79 percent of the total dollar value reported for the War Department. The foreign governments received such shipments at United states ports of embarkation and generally transported them overseas by ships available to them. 

Some lend-lease shipments were consigned to commanding generals of United States 

Army forces in oversea theaters for transfer to countries that did not have adequate ocean 

transportation facilities at their disposal. ~hese, which were known as commanding general shipments, amounted to about $1,100,000,000 or 4 percent of the total dollar value of 

all War Department lend-lease activities. 

Commanders of oversea organizations transferred articles from Army stocks and 

11 Public Law ll, 77th Congress, "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States." 

gj The total value of lend-lease aid including goods transferred to foreign governments, 

shipping services and other lend-lease charges was $50,200,000,000 for the period ending 

31 March 1951 according to the Thirty-Second Report to Congress on Lend-Lease Operations, 

Appendix 1 (b), which was transmitted by the President on 3 October 1951. 
2 LEND·LEASE 

Chart LL-1-War Department Lend-Lease transact ions: 1941 - 1949 

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS CATEGORY 

DIRECT SHIPMENTS 

o 5 10 

COMMANDING GENERAL 

SHIPMENTS 

THEATER TRANSFERS 

FROM ARMY STOCKS 

PRODUCTION FACILITIES 

COMPLETED IN THE U. S. 

sou rce: Tab 1e LL-l 

furnished services to foreign governments which amounted to $3,600,000,000 or about 14 

percent of the total dollar value of War Department lend-lease activities r,eported. Such 

theater transfers were authorized to be made under special circumstances or to meet emergency conditions. Most of them were made in areas where troops of other allied nations , 

operated in close coordination with United States commanders. 

Facilities and equipment for use in the manufacture or production of defense 

articles in the United States were financed by War Department Defense Aid funds to the extent of $560,000,000. These facilities, which were urgently needed in 1941 and in the 

early months of the war, included land and buildings as well as machinery and equipment. 

Reverse Lend-Lease 

The Lend-Lease Act stated that the benefit to the United States might be payment 

or repayment in kind or property, or any other direct or indirect benefit which the President deemed satisfactory. Lend-lease agreements made under the terms of the Act provided 

for reciprocal aid, generally referred to as reverse lend-lease. Our allies provided the 

United States reverse lend-lease valued at approximately $7,819,000,000 as an offset 

against the total $50,200,000,000 supplied by the United States. The portion of total reverse lend-lease that was of primary benefit to the War Department rather than other Fed­


eral agencies is not known. The countries supplying the United States under reverse lend­


lease were the British Empire,$6,752,000,000; France, $868,000,000; Belgium, $191,000,000,
 

and small quantities from China, Netherlands, and the U.S.S.R. 21
 

21 For additional data on reverse lend-lease see Twenty-Eight Report To Congress On Lend­


Lease CIDerations, submitted by the President on 15 July 1949.
 
ANALYSIS 3 

Diversions and Returns 

Oversea theater commanders diverted for the use of United States forces certain 

lend-lease shipments consigned·to them for transfer to foreign governments. The.·value of 

diverted shipments reported was approximately $394,000,000 (Table 2). This is equivalent 

to 37 percent of the value of all commanding general shipments or about 2 percent of total 

value of direct and commanding general shipments combined. These diversions, generally, 

Were replaced by issues by theater commanders from their own stocks. 

Foreign governments returned some of the lend-lease articles that they had received from the United States to theater commanders of United States forces. Part of the 

returned items were requested by theater commanders for United States use but most of them 

were returned voluntarily by the foreign governments. A majorityof.the voluntary returns 

were made afterV-J Day. 

Returns of both types, together with the diversions, had an aggregate procurement value of approximately $1,193,000,000 or about 4.9 percent of the total reported 

value of all War Department lend-lease shipments and theater transfers. 

1end-lease articles returned overseaS had a total procurement value of nearly 

$726,000,000 and a return value of $186,000,000. Return value was computed according to 

several valuation formulas which took into consideration the condition of the articles and 

other pertinent factors. 

In addition to the articles returned in oversea theaters, some lend-lease articles that had been shipped from depots or other facilities but not yet exported from the 

United States were returned by foreign governments for War Department use. Returns of 

this type had a total value of $73,000,000. 

Returns and diversions are shown by country in Table 11-7. This table also presents data on the gross value of shipments and theater transfers and the net totals remaining after deducting returns and diversions. None of the other figures shown herein 

has been reduced by the amount of returns or diversions. 

Procuring Services 

The total value of War Department lend-lease shipments, theater transfers and 

production facilities is shown by procuring service in Table 11-3. Army Air Forces procurement amounted to roughly $7,600,000,000 or 30 percent of the total and Army Service 

Forces procurement amounted to $16,700,000,000 or 67 percent. Miscellaneous lend-lease 
4 LEND-LEASE 

services and expenses that were reported by theater commanders but not identified by original procuring agency accounted for the remaining $800,000,000. The theaters did not report the distribution of theater transfers according to originalp;rocuring services but 

this information was estimated from reported data on types of items transferred. 

The value of War Department shipments is shown by procuring service in Chart 

LL-2. Ordnance Department shipments amounted to about 70 percent of the total reported 

Chart LL-2--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and 

theater transfers: 1941 - 1949 * 

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

PROCURING SERVICE 

ARMY AIR FORCES 

ARMY SERVICE FORCES 

ORDNANCE 

QUARTER MASTER 

SIGNAL 

ENGINEERS 

TRANSPORTATION 

CHEM1CAL WARFARE 

MEDI CAL 

o 2.5 5.0 

DIRECT SHIPMENTS 

7.5 

COMMANDING 

GENERAL 

SHIPMENTS 

'EXC) udes AGO, Fi nance Department and mi scell aneous theater transfer serv ices and expenses.
 Souree: Table LL-3
 

for Army Service Forces. Signal Corps shipments accounted for 7 percent of the Army Service Forces total; the Quartermaster Corps, 10 percent; the Corps of Engineers, .6 percent; the Transportation Corps, 4 percent; the·Chemical Warfare Service 2 percent and 

the Medical Department 1 percent. 

Approximately $37,000,000 was charged to lend~lease accounts by the Chief of Finance for such items as travel and expenses of technical missions, certain administrative 

expenses and cargo on American ships at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack which was 

turned Over to the. Australian Government for use in the war effort. The Adjutant General's 
ANALYSIS 5 

Office reported shipments of publications and other items valued at $551,000. 

Trend of Lend-Lease Shipments 

Total Army Service Forces and Army 'Air Forces lend-lease baipments reported for 

quarterly periods through .,;September 1945 are shown in Chart LL-3. The monthly reports 

from which the quarterly totals were computed were not req~ired to represent the value of 

shipments which actually left depots and facilities during the month for ~mich the report 

was made. The figures indicate the amounts that were recorded and reported in time to meet 

due dates of required monthly reports. Data reported f.or shipments when combined into 

quarterly totals appear to give a fairly good indication of the phasing of transfers. Data 

reported for theater transfers, however, appear to be less useful for this purpose and 

they have been omitted from the chart and from Table LL-4. 

Chart LL-)--War Department Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1949 * 

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QUARTERS 

1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 

*Excludes theater transfers and 

Source: Table LL-lJ. 

production facilities completed in u.s. 
6 LEND.LEASE 

The reported value of shipments increased sharply during 1942 and reached a maximum of $2,100,000,000 for the period July through September 1943. A high level of shipments was maintained from July 1943, when Sicily was invaded, until June 1944, the month 

of the invasion of Normandy. 

As more and. more troops were sent overseas and the enemy was forced to retreat 

the vl;l.lue of lend-lease shipments declined. The value reported for the quarter containing 

V-E Day was scarcely ha~f as large as the value for the quarter in which the Normandy invasion occurred. 

Transfers made to the foreign governments on or after V-J Day-(2 September 

1945), amounted to about $913,000,000 or 3.6 percent of all War Department lend-lease 

shipments and theater transfers (See Table LL-3). A consideraole part of the total for 

the period after V-J Day represented services (including air transportation) and goods 

used in accomplishing the reoccupation of China and Manchuria. Some of the transactions 

after V-J Day were made ona ca~h reimbursement basis. 

Types of Commodities 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel including accessories and reconditioning accounted for nearly 30 percent of the dollar value of all lend-lease shipments and theater 

transfers shown for the War Department in Table LL-5. Tanks, trucks and other combat and 

non-combat vehicles accounted for about 26 percent of the total. Ammunition, artillery, 

small arms and infantry weapons aggregated about 17 percent. 

The miscellaneous services and expenses category which includes such items as 

military training and air transportation amounted to about 5 percent of the total reportedt Machine tools and production equipment shipped overseas accounted for about 3 percent. The War Department h~d a considerable part of the responsibility forprocuring 

machine tools for lend-lease early in the war, but in May 1944 this function was centralized in the Treasury Department. 

Recipient Countries. 

The War Department furnished lend-lease goods or services to about 50 countries 

during the war. The British Empire, with the exception of Canada, received approximately 

For further information on continuance of lend-lease to China, see Twenty-Second Report 

to Congress on Lend-Lease Operations, submitted by the President on 14 June 1946. See also the Thirty-Second Report to Congress on Lend-Lease Operations, submitted by the President on 3 October 1951 for additional statements on the termination of lend-lease. 
ANALYSIS 7 

Chart LL-4--War Department Lend-Le&se shipments and 

theater'transfers: 194+ - 1949 

RECIPIENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

COUNTRY 

BRITISH EM PI RE 

(EXCEPT CANADA) 

U.S.S. R. 

FRENCH FORCES 

CHINA 

BRAZIL 

CANADA 

OTHER COUNTRIES 

200 

COMMANDING GENERAL 

1 SHIPMENTS I 

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

100 

Source: Tabl e LL-6 

58 percent of the total dollar value of shipments and transfers. The U.S.S.R. received 

nearly 23 percent, French Forces 8 percent, China 7 percent, and Brazil and Canada a 

little less than 1 percent each. About 1 percent was reported for all other countries 

combined and 1 percent consisted of shipments to Foreign Economic Administration for subsequent transfer to other governments, and miscellaneouS'. expenses. 

Shipments and transfers to principal countries are shown in Chart LL-4. The 

French Forces and China received most of their lend-lease supplies through commanding general shipment and theater transfer procedures. The French Forces and China accounted for 

97 percent of all commanding general shipments and 68 percent of all theater transfers. 

The British Empire received 28 percent of the theater transfers and other countries the 

remaining 4 percent. 

The figures shown for the British Empire in the accompanying tables include 

amounts transferred to the United Kingdom and subsequently made available to British dominions (except Canada), possessions and dependencies and to other lend-lease governments. 
8 LENDaLEASE 

They also include amounts transferred directly to New Zealand, Australia and other British 

dominions and possessions. 

The amounts shown for the Foreign Economic Administration represent commodities 

procured by the War Department as agent for the Foreign Economic Administration for lendlease governments. This arrangement was used to supply items for which the War Department 

had procurement authority but which were not primarily military in character. Such commodities were valued at about $235,000,000. 

Reporting of the proposed ~inal recipient nation for items transferred to the 

FEA was not required. However, two services (Quartermaster and Transportation) which had 

about three-fourths of these transactions, did so report, and these data are shown by 

countries in Table LL-13. The Air Forces, Chemical Warfare Service, Finance Department, 

and Adjutant General's Department, specifically reported no transactions through FEA. Data 

from Ordnance Department are not available. 

Number of Items 

Quantities of selected items which the War Department shipped to foreign governments under lend-lease procedures are shown in Table LL-14. These figures includenumbers of complete end items transferred through direct and commanding general shipments 

from the United states but do not include theater transfers. The list covers roughly 

55 percent of the value of all Army Service Forces lend-lease shipments and 65 percent of 

those of the Army Air Forces. 

Shipments of Army Service Forces items included nearly 67,000,000 M50, 4-pound 

incendiary magnesium bombs (and many more in bomb clusters), nearly 18,000 pneumatic boats 

(No.3 and No. 10), and 3,500 portable prefabricated barracks which were 48 feet long and 

20 feet in width. A total of about 37,000 tanks were shipped, of which nearly 28,000 went 

to the British Empire, more than 7,000 to U.S.S.R. and about 2,000 to other countries. 

More than 26,000 of these (roughly·70 percent) were medium tanks of the M3 and M4 series 

most of which carried 75 or 76mm guns~

Shipments of self propelled weapons included 3,200 antiaircraft gun motor carriages (of which 1,100 went to U.S.S.R. and 1,600 to the British Empire), and 2,800 antitank gun motor carriages of all types. Other combat vehicles included 5,300 armored cars, 

30,000 cargo and personnel carriers and 12,000 scout cars. 
ANALYSIS 9 

Approximately 792,000 trucks including 187,000 jeeps were shipped under lendlease procedures. Of the total trucks 433,000 were sent to U.S.S.R., 281,000 to the 

British Empire, 27,000 to French"Forces and 25,000 to China. Many additional vehicles 

were sent including bicycles and motorcycles passenger cars and high-speed tractors, 

semi-trailers, and trailers. 

Weapons and ammunition are mo~e difficult to summarize because they include many 

more models and types than can be shown in this volume. Among these items were 218,000 

machine guns (in addition to those that were standard equipment on aircraft and vehicles). 

Shipments of a single type of shell for 105mm howitzers totaled nearly 4,500,000 rounds. 

The list includes freight cars, and thousands ~of complex radio sets, and millions of blankets, shirts and pairs of shoes. 

The Army Air Forces shipped 43,000 aircraft of all types, 48,000 spare engines 

and 57,000 spare propellers. Nearly 26,000 of the aircraft were designated for the 

British Empire, more than 11,000 for U.S.S.R. and about 1,400 each for French Forces and 

China. 

About 6 percent of the aircraft were heavy bombers and 7 percent were medium 

bombers. Light bombers comprised 16 percent of the total, fighters 40 percent, trainers 

17 percent and other types 14 percent. 
10 LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-I--War Department Lend-Lease shipments, theater transfers and 

production facilities: 1941 '- 1949 

(In thousands of dollars) 

Procuring agency 

I---------r-------tMiscellaneous 

Category Total services and

Army Service Army Air expenses Q/ Forces Forces 

Total. $25,070,966 $16,700,216 $7,569,743 $801,007

Defense articles 24,510,915 16,281,511 7,428,397 801,007

Lend-Lease shipments from U. S. depots and facilities 20.913.225 14 084.2'30 6,828 995 Q 

Direct shipments . . . • . . . • . 19.,837,425 13,213,578 6,623,847

Commanding General shipments gJ . . 1,075,800 870,652 205,148 ° 

Theater transfers from Army stocks gj 3,597,690 2,197,281 599,402 801,007

°

Production facilities completed in U.S. 560,051 418,705 141,346 ° 

See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data.·
 

Q/ Identity of original procuring agency indeterminate.
 

gJ Not corrected for diversions noted in Table LL-2.
 

gj Division betweeI;l Army Service Forces and Army Air Forces estimated on basis of types of commodities transferred.
 

Table LL-2--War Department Lend-Lease diversions and returns: 

1941 - 1949 

(T,.., thousands of dollal's) 

Category Procurement value Returned value 

Total 

Commanding General shipments diverted (overseas) to U. S. use 

Overseas returns of Lend-Lease articles . . . . . . . '. 

Lend-Lease articles returned for use (within the U.S) . 

$1,192,505 

394,023 

725,555 

'72,927 

$653,363 

394,023 

186,413 

72,927 

See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data. 

Table	 LL-3-'-War Department Lend-Lease shipments, theater transfers and 

production facilities, by procuring servic~: 1941 - 1949 

(In thousands of dollars) 

Procuring service Total 

Shipments of 

defense articles Theater 

transfers 

from 

Army 

stocks Q/ 

Production 

facilities 

completed 

Direct in U.S.

shipments 

Commanding Gen 

era1 shipments 

Total. $25,070,966 $19,837,425 $1,075,800 $3,597,690 $560,051 

Transferred before V-J Day gJ • 24,157,798 19,653,151 1,075,800 2,868,796 560,051 

Transferred on and after V-J Day 913,168 184,274 ° 728,894 ° 

Army Air Forces . 7,569,743 6,623,847 205,148 599,402 141,346 

Army Service Forces 16 700 216 u...~ 870.652 U2~

Adjutant General's Office 551 551 ° ° a Chemical Warfare Service 339,407 294,023 21,129 24,291 cr.36 

Corps of Engineers . . 994,801 714,746 15,277 214,942 49,836 

Finance Department gj 37,855 gj 37,855 

Medical Department . . 160,673 124,905 15,338 

°

20,430 ° °

Ordnance Department 11,598,431 sV9,686,753 sV 683,319 859,481 368,878 

°

Quartermaster Corps 1,694,220 778,296 88,909 827,015 

Signal Corps . ° 1,236,647 984,302 46,509 205,809 27 

Transportation Corps . 637,631 592,147 171 45,313 ° 

Miscellaneous services and expenses 801,007 ° ° 801,007 ° 

See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data.
 

Q/ Distribution by procuring service estimated from type of commodity data.
 

gJ 2 September 1945.
 

gj Includes $1,192,957 for training to Chinese ground troops.
 

Final report for Ordnance Department not available. Data estimated.
 
DOLLAR VALUES II 

Table LL-4--War Department Lend-Lease shipments, quarterly: 1941 - 1949 

Quarterly period 

ending Total Army Service Forces 

Army Air 

Forces 

Quarterly period 

ending 

1944 

31 Mar · 

.30 Jun · 30 Sap · 

31 Dec I 0 'I 

1945 

31 Mar ·.. 30 Jun · 

30 Sep · 

31 Dec 

1946 - 1949 

Jan, 1946 thro

Dec, 1949 ••

·

ugh 

•• 

Total ·.. 1941 

30Jun ·.. 30 Sep ·... 31 Dec ·. ·. 1942 

31 Mar ·. 30 Jun · . · . 30 Sep · . · . 31 Dec · . 

1943 

31 Mar · . 30 Jun · .. 30 Sep · .. 31 Dec · .. 

$20,913,225 

30,972 

66,756 

91,488 

442,377 

647,526 

859,092 

1,227,675 

994,812 

1,474,962 

2,124,564 

2,041,614 

$14,084,230 

29,523 

62,328 

87,078 

268,272 

385,875 

619,524 

773,010 

872,364 

1,180,107 

1,495,224 

1,226,655 

,­

$6,828,995 

1,449 

4,428 

4,410 

174,105 

261,651 

239,568 

454,665 

122,448 

294,855 

629,340 

814,959 

(In thousands of dollars) 

.. ·. .. ·. .. ·. 

" , 

. .. · . .. · . .. · . 

-_ .. ­

Total 

$1,972,812 

2,031,846 

1,764,996 

1,492,971 

1,299,765 

1,137,594 

646,083 

Q/-7,157 

572,477 

Army Ser- Army Air

vice Forces Forces

$1,334,844 $637,968

1,331,298 700,548 

1,211,355 553,641 

953,055 539,916 

880,716 419,049 

119,658 417,936 

467,469 178,614

Q/- 31,537 24,380 

217,412 355,065 

Data represent amounts that were tabulated in time to meet reporting due dates; corrections have not been made for
 

any reporting lags. Excludes theater transfers. See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and
 

sources of data.
 

Q/ Negative figure resulting from adjustments.
 

Table LL-5--War Department Lend-Lease shipments, by pur'p0se classification, 

by six !Il0nth periods: 1941 - 1949 gj 

(In thousands of dollars) 

Total 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 

Ground materiel. 

Ammunition . 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equip., supplies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel. 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other 

Purpose classification Total 

1941 1942 1943 

1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd' half 1st half 

........ $20,913,225 

6,636,783 

14,276,442 

$31,002 

1,452 

~Q

$158,214 

8,757 

~ill

$1,089,905 

432,901 

$2,086,767 

676,894 

1,409,873 

$2,469,774 

458,403 

2.011,371 

. ....... 2,472,864 9,342 31,966 118,845 471,252 491,217 

1,202,986 6,637 25,661 68,913 167,745 191,478 

3,674,334 6,557 32,754 161,910 334,494 697,965 

2,236,144 4,636 35,572 171,496 140,869 216,834 

779,390 ° 1,456 2,153 40,334 109,772 

105,948 13 ° 2,391 4,267 9,031 

1,065,176 343 4,446 26,890 22,823 63,103 

233,262 1,993 1,467 2,887 8,909 22,844 

600,995 ° 2,086 10,291 28,251 11,257 

506,734 ° 1,020 1,031 ° 12,976 

801,256 ° 10,690 63,595 104,935 134,147 

597,353 29 2,339 26,602 85,994 50,747 

(Continued) 

Purpose classification 

1943 1944 1945 

1946-1949 

2nd half 1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 

Total $4,166,179 $4,004,657 $3,257,966 $2,495,297 $580,987 $572,477 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 1,472,004 1,342,376 878,043 780,892 221,235 363,826 

Ground materiel . 2,694,175 2,662,281 2,379 923 1,71.4,405 1.5.2...1.2 208 651 

Ammunition • . . . . . . . . . . . 479,561 391,081 258,948 200,697 20,982 Q/- 1,027 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 331,443 217,941 105,849 64,587 16,821 5,911 

Combat vehicles . . 845,204 768,661 562,200 226,655 31,486 6,448 

Noncombat vehicles . . • • • . . . ...• 374,027 414,517 368,828 414,948 74,822 19,595 

Quartermaster equip., supplies and materiel 183,106 147,446 149,298 103,800 35,401 6,624 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel . 21,743 16,817 28,136 21,935 1,032 583 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel 137,491 290,621 267,367 212,556 31,988 7,548 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 46,773 89,053 51,104 15,393 6,625 Q/- 13,786 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 46,068 102,162 282,607 101,949 12,608 3,716 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 86,880 43,968 144,034 72,351 49,879 94,595 

Machinery and equipment for production 163,414 146,256 68,724 158,740 Q/-57,937 8,692 

Other Q/-21,535 33,758 92,828 120,794 136;045 69,752 

Data represent amounts that were tabulated ln tlIDe to meet reporting due dates; corrections have not been made for
 

any reporting lags. Excludes theater transfers. See explanatory notes at endof Lend-Lease section for content and
 

sources of data.
 

Q/ Negative figures resulting from adjustments.
 
12 LEND.LEASE 

Tabl11 LL-6---War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by recipient country and procuring agency: 1941 - 1949 W 

{In thoneAnds of no11 re 1 

Country and category Total 

Total 

Brazil 

British Empire 

Canada 

China 

French Forces 

Mexico 

Nether1ande 

Turkey 

USSR 

Other American Republics 

Other Countries 

Not distributed ., . . . • . • . . • 

Foreign Economic Administration hi 

Miscellaneous expenses 

Direct shipments 

$24, 510,915 

230,957 

14,296,120 

169,825 

1,729,333 

2,0.39,474 

.31,254 

95,421 

38,807 

5,516,412 

64,777 

59,108 

239,427 

234,889 

4,538 

19,837,425 

Procuring agency 

Miscellaneous 

Army Service 

Forces 

Army Air 

Forces 

services and 

expenses 

$16, 281, 511 $7,428,397 $801,007 

143,545 81,084' 6,328 

9,150,923 5,007,040 1.38,157 

93,276 76,024 525 

874,216 291,119 563,998 

1,621,777 329,519 88,178 

15,198 16,056 

16,259 77,929 1,233 

37,723 1,060 24 

4,005,240 1,511,074 98 

31,572 31,296 1,909 

52,623 5,928 557 

239,159 268 

234,889 0 

°

4,'Z1O 268 

°

° 

13,213,578 6,623,847 ° 

Brazil 

British Elnpire (excluding C;"";'d~) Canada 

China 

French Forces 

Mexico .. 

Netnerlands 

Turkey 

US SR.. . •. Other American Republics 

Other Countries 

Not distributed.. • . . . • . . . •• 

Foreign Economic Administration hi 

Miscellaneous expenses 

Commanding General shipments 

!\ Brazil 

British Empire 

Canada 

China 

French Fcrces 

Mexico 

Netherlands 

Turkey 

US S R 

Other American Republics 

Other Countries 

Not distributed . • • . . . • • • . • 

Foreign Economic Administration hi 

Miscellaneous expenses • !. 

Theater transfers from Army stocks 

Brazil 

British Empire (excluding C;"";'~) Canada 

China 

French Forces 

Mexico 

Netherlands 

Turkey 

U SS R 

Other American Republics 

Other Countries 

Not distributed ........•.. 

Foreign Economic Administration I2/ 

Miscellaneous expenses 

155,473 

13,291,945 

167,158 

2'70,420 

15,413 

19,702 

87,652 

32,029 

5,483,106 

60,395 

16,882 

237,250 

232,712 

4,538 

1,075,800 

8,452 

3,337 

385,867° 

660,905 

3,102 

° 

6,754 

505 

5,531° 

1,347 

1,347 

° 

3,597,690 

67,032 

1,000,838 

2,667 

1,073,046 

1,363,156 

8,450 

7,769 

24 

32,801 

4,382 

36,695 

830 

830 

0 

75,343 

8,656,505 

91,451 

72,780 

12,261 

7,291 

10,618 

30,969 

3,977,820 

29,400 

12,158 

236,982 

232,712 

4,270 

870,652 

8,452 

3,337 

385,867° 

458,684 

175 

0 

6,754 

505 

5,531° 

1,3/p 

1,347 

° 

2,197,281 

59,750 

491,081 

1,825 

415,569 

1,150,832 

7,732 

5,641 

0 

26,915 

2,172 

34,934 

830 

830 

0 

80,130 

4,635,440 ° 

75,707 

/

° 

197,640 ° 

3,152 ° 

12,411 ° 

77,034 ° ° 

1,060 

1,505,286 0 

30,995 

4,724 ° 

° 

268 0 

°

0 

°

° 

268 

205,148 ° 

0 ° ° ° 

0 

202,221 ° 

° ° 

2,927 ° ° ° ° 

° ° 

0° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 

599,402 801,007 

954 6,328 

371,600 138,157 

317 525 

93,479 563,998 

124,146 88,178 

718 cJ 

895 1,233 

0 24 

5,788 98 

301 1,909 

1,204 557 

°

0 

0

0 

° ° 

raJ Bee explanatory notes at enq. of Lend-tease section for content and sources of data. I2/ . For re-transfer to recipient country.

rJ Less than $500. 
DOLLAR VALUES 13 

Table 1L-7--War Department. Lend-Lease shipments, theater transfers, 

diversions and returns: 1941 - 1949 gJ 

(Inthollsands of dollars) 

Shipments· and transfers 

Total 

Country Net Direct and total . ... C°llllllanding Total 

Before ,.. On.and General 

Total after shipments V..,J, Da,y V.,JDa.y 

Total $23,857,552 ;~24, 510,915 $23,597,747 $913,168 $24,510,915 $20,913,225 

British Empire 14,087,399 14,296,120 14,283,052 13,068 14,296,120 13,295,282 

Canada 169,113 169,825 169,381 4/+4 169,825 167,158 

China. 1,420,697 1,729,333 1,042,533 686,800 1,729,333 656,287 

French Forces • 1,928,340 2,039,474 1,998,932 40,542 2,039,474 676,318 

US SR. 5,500,249 5,516,412 5,497,759­ 18,653 5,516,412 5,483,611 

American RepUblics 326,572 326,988 323,710 3,278 326,988 247,124 

Argentina. 1 1 1 ° 1 1 

Bolivia. 4,908 4,912 4,469 443 4,912 4,893 

Brazil 230,546 230,957 230,354 603 230,957 163,925 

Chile. 17,949 17,949 17,757 192 17,949 16,221 

Colombia 6,138 6,138 6,138 ° 6,138 5,3/+3 

Costa Rica 155 155 155 ° 155 155 

Cuba ...... 2,611 2,611 2,604 7 2,611 2,610 

Domi.nican Republic 881 881 877 4 881 878 

Ecuador. 6,425 6,425 5,881 544 6,425 6,393 

El Salvador 876 876 876 0 876 876 

Guatemala 3,086 3,086 1,740 1,346 3,086 2,805 

Haiti. 766 766 . 760 6 766 760 

Honduras 285 285 285 ° 285 285 

Mexico 31,253 31,254 31,153 101 31,254 22,804 

Nicaragua 745 745 7/~5 0 745 741 

Panama 1 1 1 0 1 1 

Paraguay 1,403 1,403 1,400 3 1,403 1,403 

Peru 11,175 11,175 11,149 26 11,175 10,535 

Uruguay. 4,262 4,262 4,259 3 4,262 3,968 

Venezuela 3,106 3,106 3,106 ° 3,106 2,527 

Other Countries 185,815 193,336 182,199 11,137 193,336 148,848 

Albania 44 41. 37 7 44 0 

Belgium • 20,804 25,218 16,288 8,930 25,218 2,798 Czechoslovakia 605 605 43/+ 171 605 15 

Egypt. 759 759 759 0 759 37 

Ethiopia 763 763 763 0 763 743 

Greece 5,461 5,461 5,453 8 5,461 4,484 Iceland. 53 53 52 1 53 48 

Iran 4,605 4,648 4,M8 0 4,648 4,457 Italy. 831 831 796 35 831 831 

Liberia 244 244 2L.4 0 244 52 

Luxembourg 2'72 272 266 6 272 2 

Netherlands • 92,392 95,421 93,877 1,544 95,421 87,652 

Norway 5,684 5,686 5,/+30 256 5,686 5,544 Poland 2,122 2,122 2,030 92 2,122 702 

Saudi Arabia 1,836 1,836 1,836 ° 1,836 909 

Turkey 38,807 38,807 38,782 25 38,807 38,783 

YugoslaVia 10,505 10,538 10,499 39 10,538 1,785 

Other. 28 28 5 23 28 6 

Not 'distributed 239,367 239,427 100,181 139,246 239,427 238,597 

Foreign Economic Administration Q/ . 234,829 234,889 95,643 139,246· 234,889 234,059 

Miscellaneous expenses 4,538 4,538 4,538 0 4,538 4,538 

fJl See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data • .Q/ Returns shown at "returned" value. 

Q/ Less than $500. 

£i/ For re-transfer to recipient country. 

Theahr 

transfers 

from Arrrq 

stocks 

$3,597,690 

1,·000,838 

?,667 

1,073,046 

1,363,156 

32,801 

79,864 

gJ 

19 

67,032 

1,728 

795 

1 

3 

32 

0 

281 

6 

8,450 ° 

4 

0 

0 

640 

294 

579 

44,488 

44 

22,420 

590 

722 

20 

977 

5 

191 

192 ° 

270 

7,769 

142 

1,420 

927 

24 

8,753 

22 

830 

830 

0 

Diversions 

and 

re~s

$653,363 

208,721 

712 

308,636 

111,134 

16,163 

416 

° 4 

/+11 

° ° 

0 

0 

0 

0 

° 

° ° 

1 ° 

0 

0 

0 

0 

°

0 

7,521 

0 

/+,414

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

43 

0 

3,029° 

2 

0 

0 

0 

33 

0 

60 

60 

0 
14 LEND.LEASE 

Table LL- 8--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by country and purpose classification: 1941 - 1949 rv' 

(In thousands of. dollars) 

Aircraft and aeronauti.cal material 

Country All 

purposes Engines, spare General aero- Moderni zation 'rotal Aircraft parts and nautical and other accessories facilities 

Total $24,510,915 $.7,236,185 $4,231,957 $1,813,068 $287,077 $904,083 

British Empire 14,296,120 4,888,395 2,548,2/,7 1,477,852 189,262 673,034 Canada. 169,825 73,918 42,378 :<:1,796 4,142 5,602 China 1,729,333 261,007 146,675 42,618 16,328 55,386 French Forces 2,039,474 326,000 207,156 51,31/, 22,372 45,158 US S R 5,516,412 1,478,600 1,147,154 193,702 43,247 9/,,497 

American Republi cs 326,988 124,539 79,540 21,251 10,679 13,069 

Argentina 1 ° ° ° ° 0 

Bolivia .. 4,912 3,808 2,498 628 444 238 

Brazil 230,957 77,211 45,645 14,760 7,588 9,218 Chile 17,949 7,194 5,222 958 372 642 

Colombia 6,138 4,040 3,215 476 177 172 

Costa Rica. 155 ° ° ° ° 0 

Cuba. ...... 2,611 1,460 987 218 127 128 

Dominican Republic 881 385 274 68 15 28 

Ecuador 6,425 1,742 1,085 235 78 344 E1Salvador 876 422 325 62 20 15 

Guatemala 3,086 1~754 1,174 392 23 165 Haiti 766 351 196 88 17 50 

Honduras 285 179 71 52 50 6 

Mexico 31,254 15,853 11,763 2,184 883 1,023 Nicaragua 745 466 269 99 28 70 

Panama 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Paraguay • 1,403 910 723 99 .' . 8 80 

Peru • 11,175 6,614 4,550 622 664 778 

Uruguay 4,262 920 623 126 113 58

Venezuela 3,106 1,230 920 184 72 54 

Other Countries 193,336 83,713 60,807 4,535 1,047 17,324 

Albania 44 ° ° 0 0 0 

Belgium 25,218 766 654 86 17 9 Czechoslovakia • 605 ° 0 ° ° ° Egypt 759 0 0 0 0 0 

Ethiopia 763 121 69 37 1 14 

Greece. 5,461 0 

Iceland 53 ° ° ° ° ° ° ° 0 0 

Iran. 4,648 0 0 ° 0 0 

Italy 831 0 0 0 0 0 

Liberia 244 ° 0 0 0 0 

Luxembourg 272 ° 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 95,421 76,503 56,210 3,607 753 15,933 Norway. 5,686 4,147 2,776 744 158 469 Poland. 2,122 41 0 1 14 26 

Saudi Arabia 1,836 ° 0 0 0 ° 

Turkey. 38,807 1,031 0 59 99 873 Yugoslavia 10,538 1,104 1,098 .1 5 0

Other 28 0 0 0 0 0 

Not distributed 239,427 13 0 0 0 13 

Foreign Economic Administration sV •••••. 234,889 0 0 0 0 0 

Miscellaneous expenses 4,538 13 0 0 0 13 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
DOLLAR VALUES 15 

Table LL-8--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by country and purpose classification: 1941 - 1949 gJ- continued 

(In thousands· of dollars) 

Ord..1J.~7}C0 and ordnance stores 

Total Ammunition 

Weapons 

(exel. combat 

vehicles )h! 

~~'4, 166,826 $2,870,011 $1,296,815 

2,595,887 1,824,064 771,823 

24,072 13,608 10,464 

451,815 317,416 134,399 

298,057 203.,131 94,926 

701,177 455,357 245,820 

54,609 34,297 20,312 

144 ° 23 ° 121 ° 

35,365 24,146 11,219 

6,240 2,237 4,003 

406 289 117 

34 12 22 

357 90 267 

140 32 108 

405 106 299 

147 32 115 

733 317 416 

70 33 37 

44 24 20 

7,655 5,738 1,917 

92 27 65 

131 ° 41 ° 90 

°

868 360 508 

1,158 623 535 

620 167 453 

39,772 20,798 18,974 

0 0 0 

522 382 140 

° 0 0 

0 ° 0 

353 76 277 

4,140 3,783 357 

0 0 0 

43 18 25 

0 0 0 

150 53 97 

7,697 ° 4,080 ° 3,617 ° 

234 149 85 

103 8 95 

711 254 457 

24,128 10,831 13,297 

1,691 1,164 527 0 0 0 

1,437 1,340 97 

1,437 1,340 97 

0 0 0 

I 

I 

. 

Tanks and other vehicies 

Country 

Total Combat. 

vehicles 

Noncombat 

vehicles Other 

$6,278,584 $3,863,708 $2,236,144 $178,732 Total 

3,731,488 2,855,254 860.458 15,776 British Empire 

37,943 3,683 33,994 266 Canada 

17L~,640 33,090 56,481 85,069 China 

453,352 301,898 93,423 58,031 French Forces 

1,767,082 612,120 1,145,906 9,056 us S R 

69,972 43,277 20,673 6,022 American Republics 

° ° ° ° Argentina 

58 ° 58 ° Bolivia 

54,814 33,986 15,407 5,421 Brazil 

2,900 1,454 1,120 326 Chile 

750 349 339 62 Colombia, 

51 14 37 0 Costa Rica 

524 402 122 ° Cuba 

151 79 72 ° Dominican Republic 

2,263 2,117 146 0 Ecuador 

260 151 109 ° El Salvador 

373 267 98 8 Guatemala 

140 86 54 0 Haiti 

25 25 0 0 Honduras 

3,020 1,020 1,812 188 Mexico 

132 80 52 ° Nicaragua 

0 ° ° ° Panama 

210 ° 210 ° Paraguay 

1,596 1,015 564 17 Peru 

1,941 1,692 249 ° Uruguay 

764 540 224 ° Venezuela 

26,481 14,386 8,402 3,693 Other Countries 

0 ° 0 ° Albania 

3,179 248 735 2,196 Belgium 

r;) r;) 0 0 Czechoslovakia 

728 0 6 722 Egypt 

214 178 16 20 Ethiopia 

208 208 0 0 Greece 

2 0 2 0 Iceland 

2,272 142 1,978 152 Iran 

0 ° ° ° Italy 

7 r;) 7 ° Liberia 

° ° ° ° Luxembourg 

3,514 2,205 964 345 Netherlands 

75 12 63 ° Norway 

66 ° 59 7 Poland 

497 ° 252 245 Saudi Arabia 

12,546 8,226 4,320 0 Turkey 

3,173 3,167 ° 6 Yugoslavia 

0 0 0 0 Other 

17,626 0 ,16,807 819 Not distributed 

Foreign Economic Adminis17,626 0 16,807 819 tration gj 

° ° ° 0 Miscellaneous expenses 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
16 LEND.. LEASE 

Table LL- 8--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by country and purpose classification: ·1941 - 1949 gj - continued 

(In thousands of dollars) 

Miscellaneous Military equipment, supplies and materials 

Country 

Total Quarter- Medical Signal Chemical 

master Warfare Engineer Railway Other

Total $4,124,307 $1,100,337 $126,378 $1,270,985 $257,553 $815,937 $506,734 $46,383 

British Empire 2,091,454 338,986 53,307 818,324 208,684 512,045 144,888 15,220 Canada 26,128 4,993 209 9,717 3,612 7,273 0 324 

China. 194,520 75,953 20,480 55,348 28,532 12,272 1,897 38 

French Forces 585,500 233,686 12,961 145,351 6,066 160,738 0 26,698 USSR. 980,269 392,226 34,457 224,295 10,114 99,242 219,698 237 

American Republics 45,957 13,427 2,570 16,150 393 13,401 0 16 

Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Bolivia. 618 522 96 0 0 0 

Brazil 36,801 9,587 1,094 13,429 326 12,365 0 0 

Chile. 678 179 62 199 0 238 0 0 

Colombia 461 84 266 95 0 0 16 

Costa Rica 68 68 &I 0 0 0 0 

Cuba 249 135 50 34 30 &I 0 0 

Dominican Republic 203 168 18 17 0 0 0 0 

Ecuador. 1,966 1,419 445 102 0 0 0 0 

El Salvador 20 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 

Guatemala 184 30 1· 36 6 III 0 0 

Haiti. 198 141. 49 7 0 1 0 0 

Honduras 35 35 &I s;./ 0 0 0 0 

Mexico 2,445 169 237 1,746 8 285 0 0 

Nicaragua 46 16 20 6 2 2 0 0 

Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Paraguay 130 38 0 73 0 19 0 0 Peru . " 1,188 712 314 135 8 19 0 0 

Uruguay, 198 0 1 26 1 170 0 0 

Venezuela 469 112 13 141 12 191 0 0 

Other Countries 30,699 15,753 2,394 1,718 152 6,832 0 3,850 

Albania. 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Belgium , 17,798 8,139 609 12 30 5,478 0 3,530 Czechoslovakia 130 130 &I &I 0 0 0 '0 

Egypt. 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 

Ethiopia 70 33 0 37 0 0 0 0 

Greece 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 

Iceland, 16 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 Iran 2,201 1,668 170 53 0 310 0 0 

Italy, 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Liberia, 81 72 1 1 Q/ 7 0 0 

Luxembourg 74 32 1 0 0 3 0 38 

Netherlands 4,705 2,228 479 690 119 907 0 282 

Norway 1,132 783 124 215. 3 7 0 0 

Poland 432 297 4 131 0 gj 0 0 

Saudi Arabia 625 268 gj 357 0 0 0 0 

Turkey 755 19 428 188 0 120 0 0 

Yugoslavia ., 2,573 1,991 555 27 gj gj 0 0 

Other, 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Not distributed 169,780 25,31:3 0 82 0 4,134 140,251 0 

Foreign Economio Administration gj , , , , , , • 169,776 25,309 0 82 0 4,134 140,251 0 

Miscellaneous expenses 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 

a/ See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease seotion for oontent and souroes of data, 

Continued on next page 
DOLLAR· VALUES 17 

Table LL~8--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by. country and purpose classification~ 1941· - 1949 gj - concluded 

Vessels and 

equipment 

for vessels 

$36,951 

21,491 

206 

0 

10,788 

19 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 .~

19 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

4,446 

4,446 

0 

Machinery 

and equ.ipmEmt for 

production Total 

$813,347 $684,230 

361,500 240,979 

10 4,355 

9,954 30,593 

2,348 278,572 

429,700 71,982 

9,546 8,266 

0 0 

263 0 

6,964 8,092 

884 1 

0 0 

0 0 

5 0 

0 0 

0 3 

19 

0 0 

3 

0 0 

555 168 

0 0 

1 0 

0 0 

842 1 

10 1 0 

88 8,183 

0 42 

18 2,525 

0 457 

0 gj 

0 0 

0 962 

27 0 

13 0 

0 87 

0 3 

0 196 

0 900 

0 1.3 

0 1,329 

0 1 

30 8 

0 1,639 

0 21 

201 41,300 

0 41,300 

201 0 

(Tn "f' noll"T'''') 

Agricultural and industrial coromodities 

Petroleum Agri- and Other cultural coal 

$232,935 $328,584 $122,711 

65,745 133,537 41,697 

1,730 1,026 1,599 

6,257 23,766 570 

143,921 134,585 66

3,474 12,031 56,477 

7,308 928 30 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

7,237 827 28 

0 1 0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

2 1 

0 0

0 0 0 

0 0

0 0 0 

70 98 0

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

1 0

0 1 0

0 0

4,500 3,653 30 

5 37 0

1,461 1,064 0

233 224 0

gj 0 0 

0 0 0 

23 939 0

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

87 0 0 2 1 0

193 3 0

737 162 1 12 1 0

1,274 27 28 

0 1 0

7 gj 1 

446 1,193 0

20 0 

0 

1 

19,058 22,242 

0 19,058 22,242 

0 0 0 

Miscellaneous
 

services and 

expenses 

$1,170,485 

364,926 

3,193 

606,804 

95,645 

76,814 

14,080 

1 

21 

11,710 

52 

481 

2 

16 

2 

46 

8 

42 

4 

2 

1,558 

9 

c/ 22 

66 

15 

23 

4,399 

gj 

410 

18 

10 

5 

147 

8 

119 

665 

3 

2 

2,101 

85 

151 

2 

309 

358 

6 

4,624 

304 

4,320 

Country 

Total 

British Empire 

Canada 

China 

French Forces 

US S R 

American Republics 

Argentina 

Bolivia 

Brazil 

Chile 

Colombia 

Costa Rica 

Cuba 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

El Salvador 

Guatemala 

Haiti 

Honduras 

Mexico 

NicaragU6. 

Panama. 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Uruguay 

Venezuela 

Other Countries 

Albania 

Belgium 

Czechoslovakia 

Egypt 

Ethiopia 

Greece 

Iceland 

Iran 

Italy 

Liberia 

Luxembourg 

Netherlands 

Norway 

Poland 

Saudi Arabia 

Turkey 

YugoslaVia 

Other 

Not distributed 

Foreign Economic Administration gj 

Miscellaneous expenses 

l:l! In~1udes $4,414,000 "other ordnance and ordnance stores" for British Empire.


rJ Less than $500 .
 

.dI For re-transfer to recipient country.
 
18 -LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-9--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers, 

by purpose classification and procuring agency: 1941 - 1949 

(In thousands of dollars) 

Direct and Commanding 

General shipments Theater trans­ Purpose classification Total 1------.,-------1 fers from 

Army stocks Army Service Army Air 

Forces Forces 

All purposes $24,510,915 $14,084,230 $6,828,995 $3,597,690 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 7,236,1&$ 48,340 6,588,443 599,402 

Aircraft. .. 4,231,957 55 4,020,583 211,319 

Bombers 

Fighters and interceptors 

Q/

Q/ 

1 

° 

2,151,160 

1,216,128 

Other Q/ 54 653,295 Q/ 

Engines, spare parts and accessorles 1,813,068 262 1,496,863 315,943 

General aeronautical facilities 287,077 ° 214,937 72,140 

Modernization, reconditioning and other 904,083 48,023 856,060 ° 

Ordnance and ordnance stores 4,166,826 3,584,650 95,614 486,562 

Ammunition . • 2,870,011 2,472,084 780 397,147 

Small arms ammunition. ; W 718,001 698 W 

Artillery ammunition 

Bombs, explosives and other " 1,195,311 

558,772 

16 

66 

Weapons (except combat vehicles) 1,292,401 1,108,152 94,834 89,415 

Small arms and infantry weapons 

Artillery and other 

412,950 

695,202 

7,759 

87,075 

Other 4,414 4,414 ° ° 

Tanks and other vehicles 0, 6,278,584 5,917,756 ° 360,828 

Combat vehicles 

Tanks. . . .... Other combat vehicles 

Spare par'tis and miscellaneous supplies 

3,863,708 3,674,334 

2,595,331 

932,474 

146,529 

0 

°

0 

0 

189,374

121 

Nonoombat vehioles 2,407,598 2,236,144 ° 171,454 

Truoks 1,735,568 0 1;V' 

Other nonoombat vehicles 79,412 0 

Spare parts and misoellaneous supplies 1;V' 421,164 0 

Other 7,278 7,278 0 0 

Misoellaneous military equipment, supplies and materials 4,124,307 . 3,220,486 72,14;3 831,678 

Quartermaster 1,100,337 778,643 747 320,947 

Clothing 

Other ° 

595,269 

183,374 

0 

747 ~'

Medioal 126,378 105,841 107 20,430 

Signal ° 1,270,985 994,177 '70,999 205,809 

Chemioal Warfare 257,553 233,262 0 24,291 

Engineer ° 815,937 600,904 91 214,942 

Railway 506,734 461,475 0 45,259 

Other 46,383 46,184 199 0 

Vessels and equipment for vessels . 36,951 36,792 105 54 

Maohinery and equipment for production 813,347 800,680 576 12,091 

Agricultural and industrial oommodities 684,230 177,44.1 721 506,068 

Foodstuffs' 0 ............... 231,551 24,120 0 207,431 

Agricultural products other than foodstuffs 1,384 290 0 1,094 

Petroleum and coal . 328,584 31,041 0 297,543 

other 122,711 121,990 721 0 

,Miscel1aneou~ services and expenses 1,170,485 298,085 71,393 801,007 

W See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data. 121 Data not available. 
DOLLAR VALUES 19 

Tabl\l LL-I0--WarDepartment Lend-Lease shipments to the United Kingdom, 

by purpose classification, by six month periods: 1941 -1949 a/ 

Purpose classification 

Total .... Aircraft and aeronautical materiel • 

Groundmateriel 

Ammunition ...... Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles. 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supplies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel • 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and' materiel 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other. 

In thousands of .• dollars) 

1941 1942 1943 

Total 

1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 1st half 

$13,162,794 $22,960 $139,248 $604,752 $1,400,151 $1,729,901 

4,503,625 1,452 8,757 238,215 503,890 320,172 

8,659,169 21,508 130,491 366,537 896,261 1,409,7;29 

1,751,377 3,750 31,857 86,196 327,837 353,657 

756,550 5,574 22,739 . 45,141 132,355 123,379 

2,802,529 6,358 31,660 60,180 217,500 630,818 

790,803 3,490 24,363 87,402 66,363 69,523 

265,687 ° 1,426 1,415 19,832 36,783 

49,435 13 0 442 3,236 4,582 

778,274 330 3,741 12,186 17,711 37,140 

201,846 1,993 1,467 2,701 7,005 19,943 

475,000 lV' 2,069 8,374 27,125 10,365 

145,650 0 ° 0 ° 12,976 

359,945 ° 10,690 54,601 69,414 76,693 

282,073 ° 479 7,899 7,883 33,870 

(Continued) 

Purpose classification 

Total 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 

Ground materiel 

Ammunition 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supplies and materiel 

Medica::L equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel 

Chemical Warf~e equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 

RailwaY equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other 

1943 1944 1945 

2nd half 1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 

$2,584,681 $2,732,646 $2,010,724 $1,358,579 $250,277 

966,699 980,748 534,863 497,581 149,268 

1,617,982 1,751,898 1,475,861 860,998 101,009 

300,376 314,993 192,144 134,655 7,326 

155,358 147,561 73,599 38,901 5,50:;' 

603,754 632,080 444,605 161,605 12,682 

129,868 152,063 123,615 115,127 18,988 

72,797 39,556 51,013 35,887 6,994 

11,167 3,314 15,038 10,891 644 

102,447 220,092 203,344 158,403 22,205 

40,225 83,600 47,005 11,105 603 

37,026 86,397 243,888 54,868 6,062 

84,947 0 23,888 15,494 2,706 

70,122 46,757 7,554 5;./23,755 gj 

.9,895 25,485 50,168 100,307 17,292 

1946-1949 

$328,875 

301,980 

26,895 

rJI -1,414 

6,436 

1,287 

1 

rJ/ -16 

108 

675 

rJ/-13,801 

rJ/ -1,174 

5,639 

359 

28,795 

a/ Data represent amounts that werEl tabulated in time to lIleet rElPorting due dates;corrElctions have not been made for
 

8Dy reporting lags. EXcludes shipments reported for British <iominions an<i possessiolls and alltheatElr transfers. See
 

ex,Planatory .notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data.
 

l2/ Less than $500.
 W Total for year 1945 shown in first 6 months to avoid negative figure resulting from adjustments in second si:ll: months.
 

rJlNegative figure resulting from adjustments.
 
20 LEND-LEASE 

'Table LL-11-WarJ)epartment Lend-Lea.se shipments to Canada, by'purpose 

classification, by six month periods:. 1941 - 1949 w' 

Purpose classification 

Total. 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 

Ground materiel 

Ammunition 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supp~ies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel • 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other. 

Purpose classification 

Total. 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 

Ground materiel. 

Ammunition 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles • 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supplies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel. 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel • 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other. . . 

(In thousands of dollars 

1942 1943 .. 

Total 1941 

lsthalf 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 

.• 

$167,158 ° $877 $4,728 $9,213 $47,909 

73,601 ° 0 ° 656 29,249 

93,557 ° 877 4,728 8,557 18,660 

13,471 0 242 339 2,241 3,919 

10,385 0 452 2,022 841 1,456 

3,627 ° 0 17 713 1,219 

33,994 0 0 0 1,780 6,030 

4,948 ° ° 60 419 1,908 

164 0 ° 12 24 9 

9,648 0 W 0 110 3,038 

3,612 0 183 1,795 1,098 108 

6,722 ° 0 1 18 557 

0 0 ° ° 0 0 

0 0 0 ° 0 ° 

6,986 ° 0 482 1,313 416 

(Continued) 

1944 1945 

1st half 

$29,098 

8,837 

20,261 

2,058 

1,838 

602 

9,611 

0 

87 

4,520 

263 

829 

0 

0 

453 

2nd half ".lst half 

$33,310 $35 i800 

18,219 15,509 

15,091 20,291 

2,4.18 1,588 

389 2,624 

381 677 

4,518 12,023 

1,265 1,251 

17 

1,201 

13 

0 

150 .3 

3,.375 211 

° 0 

0 

1,.381 

0 

1,897 

1946-1949 

2nd half 

$7,725 r;j -$1,502 

3,656 gJ -2,525 

4,069 1,02.3 

677 gJ -11 

571 192 

133 gJ -115 

130 gJ -98 

59 gJ -14 

2 ° 

1,188 gJ -409 

18 gJ -6 

278 1,45.3 

0 0 

° 0 

1,013 31 

.... . • 

~Data represent amounts that were tabulated in time to meet reporting due dates; corrections have not been made for
 

any reporting lags. Excludes theater transfers. See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and
 sources of data.
 

W Less than $500.
 

gJ Negative figure resulting from adjustments.
 
bottARVALUES 21 

Table LL-12--War Depar-tmentLend-Lease shipments·· to the Union of 

Soviet SOCialis.t Republics, by pU1J'0se classification, by 

six month periods: 1941 - 1949 aI 

..... ..... ... .. . .. (In thousands .of dOllars) ... .. 

Purpose·· classification 

Total· . 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel. 

GroUnd materiel 

Ammuni-tion 

Weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supplies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other 

Purpose classification 

Total • 

Aircraft and aeronautical materiel 

Ground materiel 

Ammunition 

weapons (excluding combat vehicles) 

Combat vehicles 

Noncombat vehicles 

Quartermaster equipment, supplies and materiel 

Medical equipment, supplies and materiel 

Signal equipment, supplies and materiel. 

Chemical Warfare equip., supplies and materiel 

Engineer equipment, supplies and materiel 

Railway equipment, supplies and materiel 

Machinery and equipment for production 

Other • .. 

Total 1941 

1942 1943 

1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 

.,'. $5,483,611 $83 $400,682 $589,903 $470,402 $1,101,723 

1,472,812 0 159,065 159,904 112,252 360,700 

4,010,799 83 241,617 429,999 358,150 741,023 

454,300 ° 19,590 128,522 70,491 129,239 

245.;635 ° 14,033 25,362 11,529 127,216 

612,078 ° 97,860 112,445 12,815 110,920 

1,145,906 ° 69,175 69,961 115,796 180,175 

.391,774 ° 625 18,146 60,004 59,562 

34,436 ° ° 177 2,385 6,765 

223,890 66 14,530 4,807 18,962 26,055 

6,513 ° ° 37 401 985 

95,080 ° 528 900 435 3,874 

219,698 ° ° ° ° 1,793 

427,690 ° 8,985 34,346 55,788 90,382 

153,799 17 16,291 35,296 9,544 4,057 

(Continued) 

1944 1945 

1st half 2nd half 1st half 2nd half 

$983,559 $950,384 $812,860 $195,252 

258,884 205,337 193,788 49,685 

724,675 745,047 619,072 145,567 

50,395 37,269 18,665 574 

56,576 12,687 5,069 319 

103,738 126,932 5;3,410 ° 

208,924 207,112 256,312 34,540 

86,789 91,506 53,637 17,973 

10,355 5,585 8,412 338 

50,590 49,880 42,878 8,277 

3,100 1,900 76 ° 

9,537 29,934 44,522 4,953 

47,576 114,984 56,201 19,956 

95,157 59,074 66,693 8,970 

1,938 8,184 

.. 

13,197 49,667 

1946-1949 

:b!-$21,237 

:b! -26,803 

5,566 

:b! -445 

:b! -7,156 

:b! -6, °42 

3,911 

3,532 

419 

7,845 

14 

397 

:b! -20,812 

8,295 

15,608 

aJ Data represent amounts that were tabulated in time to meet reporting due dB.tes; corrections haye not been made for
 

any reporting lags. Excludes theater transfers. See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and
 sources of data.
 

:b! Negative figure resulting from adjustments.
 
22 LEND-LEASE 

TableLL-l.3--War Department Lend-Lease shipments and theater transfers 

to Foreign Economic Administration for subsequent ~ransfer to 

Lend-Lease countries: 1941 - 1949 §/ 

(In thousands· of dollars) 

Direct and Commanding 

General shipments 

Country Total 

Army Service 

Forces l2/ Army Air 

Forces 

Total $24,510,915 $14,084,230 $6,828',995 

Transferred by War Department directly 24,276,026 13,850,171 6,828,995 

Transferred by War Department to Foreign Economic 

Administration for receiving Government 234,889 234,059 ° 

British Empire 12,392 12,392 

Belgium ° 

China: 

Egypt 

Ethiopia 

7,519

l2/ 

7,519 

]V 

:tJ 

:tJ 

° ° 0 

0 

French Forces 108,164 108,164 0 

Greece 64 64 

Iceland 232 232 ° 

Liberia ° 0 

Netherlands 0 

Norway 71 71 0 

Poland 1,207 1,207 0 

U.S,S.R. 

YugOSlavia 

35,928 

3,421 

35,928 

3,421 ° 0 

Not reported by country 65,891 65,061 0 

a/ See explanatory notes at end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data. 

l2/ Detail by country was given only by Quartermaster and Transportation Corps. 

Theater
 

transfers
 

from
 

Army stocks
 

$3,597;690 

3,596,860 

830 

0 ° 

0 

0 

° 

° ° 0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

° 0 

830 
NUMBER OF ITEMS 

Table LL-l4--Quantities of selected itellls included in War DepartIllent 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 

Procuring service and 

itelll name or description 

Total 

British 

Empire 

l?! 

Canada China French 

Forces 

\ U.S.S.R. 

American 

RElPublies 

other 

Countries 

and FEA 

Chemic~l Warfare Service 

Chemical a~ents (thousands of 

pounds) : 

WP (smoke and incendiary, white, 

phosphorous) .36,55.3 .32,.380 o o o 4,173 o o 

Ammunition; shell, 4.2 inch 

chemical mortar: 

High explosive, M.3 • 

Smoke, WP, M2 

499,798 

163,042 

87,858 

16,142 

7,000 

3,600 

404,940 

143,300 

o 

o o 

o o 

o 

o 

o 

Bombs: 

Bomb, incendiary,' 4-pound, 

magnesium, M50 (thousands) 

Cluster, incendiary bomb, , 

1,000-pounds: 

British No. 16, Mark II (2.35, 

66,615 66,615 o o ° o o ° 

4-pound, M50 bombs) •••• 

Components for British No. 16, 

Mark II with No. 48 tail 

assembly and No. 42 fuse (less 

14,999 14,999 o o o o ° o 

bombs) 

Protective materiel: 

55,604 55,604 o o o ° o o 

Mask, gas, non-combatant .3,592,000 3,592,000 o o o o o o Mask, gas, service, heavyweight. 495,021 206,750 24 2 274,194 10 9,410 4,6.31 Pot, smoke, HC, Ml ••••••• 

Service equipment: 

1,317,048 0 1,250 14,370 1,300,403 1,000 25 

Trailer, chemical handling, M2 • 

Weapons: 

5.34 530 2 ° o ° o 2 

Mortar, chemical, 4.2-inch, M2 • 465 85 53 327 o o o o 

Corps of Engineers 

Boats and bridging: 

Boat, pneumatic, with paddles, 

Ranger No • .3 •••••••• 

Boat, pneumatic, with paddles, 

7,414 6,?12 o 900 o 2 o o 

Ranger No. 10 

Bridge, fixed, steel, panel, 

10,371 9,769 ° o 600 2 o o 

Bailey type 

Bridge, floating, ponton, steel, 

614 614 o o o o o o 

la-ton •••••••••••• 

Bridge, floating, ponton, steel, 

22 13 o o o 9 o o 

25-ton •••••• •• •• 

Float, pneumatic, 6-ton, with 

63 61 o o 2 o o o 

emergency kit 

Motor, outboard, with chest and 

.3,288 o 4 ° 220 .3,000 16 48 

spares, 22hp • • • • • • 

Motor, outboard, with chest and 

3,063 2,755 o o 8 .300 o o 

spares, 50 to 55hp • 

Semi-trailer, special drop frame, 

2,255 2,239 o o 16 o o o 

25-ton, ponton • 

Tractors, crawler type: 

1,006 974 o o 32 o o o 

91 to 140 drawbar hp, Class I 

61 to 90 drawbar hp, Class II;;: 2,242 

6,526 

2,242 

3,318 

o 

2 

o 

45 

o 

8 

o 3,068 

o 

76 

o 

9 

46 to 60 drawbar hp, Class III gj 7,830 2,751 1 o o 5,051 22 5 

.36 to 45 drawbar hp, Class IV 5,023 4,776 2 o 81 157 3 4 

Construction equipme'nt: 

Compressor, ,air, truck mounted, 

gasoline engine driven, 105 

cubic feet per IiJinute 276 208 o o 57 o 8 

Cranes and shovels, crawler 

mounted: 

t-cubic yard, 5- to 6-ton, 

Class II •••• 

.3/4-cubic yard, 7- to la-ton, 

805 764 7 o 7 27 o o 

Class III 941 536 o o o 405 o o 

'See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
24 LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-14--Quantities of selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease shipmenta-: 1941 - 1945 a.I -continued
 

Procuring service and 

item name or description Total 

British 

Empire 

hi 

Canada China French 

Forces U.S.S.R. 

American 

Republics 

Other 

Countries 

and FEA 

Corps of Engineers - concluded 

Cranes' and shovels, crawler 

mounted - concluded 

. 

1- to l~cubic yard, 20 to 

30-ton, Class IV • • • • • • 

1 3/4- to 2-cubic yard, 30 to 123 61 o o o 62 o o 

40-ton, Class V 

Cranes and' shovels, rubber tired: 

3/8-cubic yard, 4 to 8-ton, 

61 18 o o o 43 o o 

Class X ••••••••• 

3/4-cubic yard, 8 to 12-ton, 

176 132 30 o 14 o o o 

Class XI ••• ••••• 

3/4-cubic yard, 14 to 18-ton, 

313 180 9 o o 1~4 o o 

Class XII • .••• 

Single engine driven, 8 to 15­

192 182 o o o 10 o o 

ton, self-propelled, Class XIV Crushing and screening plant, 2 

l!Ulits, gasoline engine driven, 

semi-trailer mounted, with 

97 77 2 o o 18 o o 

dollies, 25-cubic yards-per-hour 

Distributor, bituminous material, 

109 79 o o o 30 o o 

trailer mounted, .1,25Q-gallon 

Ditching machine l ladder type, 

crawler mounted, gasoline 

engine driven, digging depth 

262 210 o o 2 50 o o 

8 feet, width 18 to 24 inches 

Grader, road, motorized, gasoline and diesel engine driven, 

231 217 2 o 2 10 o o 

12-foot moldboard 

Grader, road, towed type, leaning 

wheel, hand controlled, 12-foot 

1,544 1,114 o o 15 377 38 o 

moldboard 

Scraper, road, towed type, cable 

operated: 

504 497 o o 2 5 o o 

6-cubiq yard, Type II 

8-cubic yard,. Type III 

12-cubic yard, Type IV • 

438 

981 

625 

438 

831 

625 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

15 

o 

o 

98 

o 

o 

37 

o 

o 

o 

o 

Other Equipment: 

Barracks, portable, prefabricated, 20 x 48 foot, all types • 

Electric lighting equipment, 

3,556 3,402 o o o 0 o 154 

Set No.4, 5 kilowatt 

Fuse, blasting, time (thousands 

661 620 o o 38 0 3 o 

of feet) ..•••••••••• Generator s~ts, portable, skid 

mounted: 

Gasoline engine driven, 5kw, 

158,795 o o 825 60 152,167 3 5,740 

llOv, 1 phase ,60cycle • 

Diesel engine driven, 30kw, 

127 to 22Ov, 3 phase, 60cycle, 

or 230 to 400v, 3 phase, 

2,183 1,854 o o 22 300 :3 4 

50cycle 843 821 o 2 10 10 o o 

Diesel engine driven, lOOkw, 

127 to 22Ov, 3 phase, 6Ocycle, 

or 230 to 40Ov, 3 phase, 

5OcycIe 299 299 o o o 0 o o 

Mats, airplane landing (thousands 

of square feet: 

Steel, bar and rod type, heavy, 

3 x 12 foot panel • • • '.' 

Steel, pierced plank type, in 7,455 5,247 750 o o 1,458 o o 

bundles 

Steel, Sommerfeld, complete 

132,609 83,616 o o o 48,993 o o 

with accessories, all types 

Searchlight, portable, 60 inch, 

94,314 94,292 22 o o 0 o o 

complete (without binoculars) 

Water Supply equipment, Set No.1, 

607 220 o o 13 312 34 28 

Engineer. 495 450 o o 39 0 6 o 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
NUMBER OF ITEMS 

Table 11-14--Quantities of selected items included in War Department 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 W- pontinued 

',:') 

.~~~

Yrocuring service and 

item name or descr~ption Total 

British 

Empire 

b/ Canada China French 

Forces 

U.S.S.R. 

"American 

"Republics 

Other 

Countriel:! 

and FEA 

Ordnance Department 

Tank-automotive items 

Tanks - total 37,323 27,751 4 100 1,406 7,172 840 50 

Light tanks, ­ total 

M2A4, for 37mm gun 

Marmon-Harrington, for 37mm gun 

10,835 

36 

30 

7,668 

36 

a 

a 

a 

a 

lOP 

a 

a 

651 

a 

a 

1,683 

a 

a 

683 

a 

30 

50 

a 

a M3 series, gasoline and diesel, 

for 37mm gun • • • • 

M5 series, for 37mm gun 

8,249 

1,809 

5,532 

1,391 

a 

a 

100 

a 238 

413 

1,676 

5 

653 

a 

50 

a 

M22 (T9) airborne, for 37mm gun 

M24, for 75mm gun 

420 

291 

420 

289 

a 

a a 

a a 

a a 

2 

a 

a a 

a 

Medium tanks - total • 

M3 series, for 75mm and 37mm gun 

M4 series, for 75mm gun • • M4 series, for 76mm gun • • 

M4 series, for 105mm howitzer 

26,475 

4,377 

18,075 

3,430 

593 

20,071 

2,887 

15,256 

1,335 

593 

4 

a 

4 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

755 

a 

755 a 

a 

5,488 

1,386 

2,007 

2,095 

a 

157 

104 

53 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

o 

a 

Heavy tanks, M26 series, for 

90mm gun • 13 12 a a a 1 a a 

Self-propelled weapons: 

Antiaircraft gun motor carriages -

total ••••.••••••• Ml3, for 2 .5O-cal machine. guns 

Ml4, for 2 .5O-cal machine guns 

3,230 

10 

1,600 

1,612 

10 

1,600 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

518 a 

a 

1,100 a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

Ml5, Ml5Al, for 2 •50-cal 

machine guns, 1 37mm gun • • • Ml6, for 4 .5O-cal machine guns 

Ml7, for 4 .5O-cal machine guns 

100 

72 

1,000 

a 

2 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

70 

a 

100 a 1,000 a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a M51, trailer mounted, for 4 .50­

cal machine guns 448 a a a 448 a a a 

Anti-tank gun motor carriages -

total ••••••.•• 2,830 1,680 a a 443 707 a a T48, for 57mm gun • • • 680 30 a a a 650 a a 

T70 (Ml8), for 76mm gun 

MlO, for 3-inch gun 

7 

2,143 

2 

1,648 

a 

a a 

o a 443 

5 

52 

a 

a a a 

Field arti11ery'\,gun motor carriage, M7, for 105mm howitzer 1,115 832 a a 283 a a a 

Mortar carrier, M21, half-track, 

for 8lmm mortar 54 a a a 54 a a o 

"Other combat vehicles: 

Armored cars - total 

M8,··light 

T17, Tl7El, Tl7E2, 

Tl8E2, heavy • medium 

5,334 

1,209 

3,890 

30 

4,361 

496 

3,835 

30 

5 

4 

1 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

894 

689 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

74 

20 

54 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a M20, utility • 205 a a a 205 a o a 

Carriers - total • 30,012 27,512 92 a 1,462 920 26 a CaI'go, M29 (T24), light 

Cargo, M29C, light • 1,158 

1,931 

1,141 

1,930 

17 

1 

a 

a a 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a a 

a 

Personnel, half-track, M2 ~eries 454 10 a a 31 402 II a Personnel, half-track, M3 series 1,478 2 40 a 1,431 2 3 a 

Personnel, half-track, M5 series 5,690 5,238 20 a a 420 12 o 

Universal, T16 • 19,301 19,191 14 a a 96 a a 

Scout cars - total • • • • • • • • Canadian (from War Supplies Ltd) 

12,043 

1,068 

8,065 

1,068 a a 

139 

a 

287 

a 

3,340 

a 

212 a a 

a 

M3Al • 10,975 6,997 a 139 287 3,340 212 a 

Vehicle, landing, tracked, Mark II 20 15 a a a 5 a a Vehicle, tank recovery, M31, M32 • 220 104 1 a a 115 a a 

Trucks: 

Light trucks (I-ton and under) ­ total 240,015 119,532 8,223 11,982 15,880 77,972 4,796 1,630 

1/4-ton: 

4x4, amphibian • • 

W, command (jeep") 

4,486 

182,597 

852 

104,430 

22 

8,200 

40 

6,944 

24 

9,736 

3,520 

49,250 

22 

2,977 

6 

1,060 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
26 LEND.LEASE' 

Table LL-14--Quantities of selected items included in War Department 

, Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 -1945 W- continued 

Procuring service and 

item name or description Total 

British 

Empire 

hi 

Canada China French 

Forces U.S.S.R. 

American 

Republics 

Other 

Countries 

and FEA 

Ordnance Department - continued 

Light trucks - concluded 

1/2-ton: 

4x4, panel. 650 650 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4x4, pickup and 4x4, amphibian 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 

4x2, carryall 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 

3/4-ton;­

4x4, weapons carrier 44,268 10,884 0 3,711 3,534 24,902 1,158 79 

4x4, command. 3,838 1,044 0 694 1,426 0 297 377 

4x4, ambulance, knocked down • 2,531 644 , 1 475 1,123 0 231 57 

4x4, carryall 886 373 0 18 34 300 110 51 

W, radio. ... ' ..... 650 650 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4x2, cll~ssis, 'and 4x2, pickup 54 4 0 50 0 0 0 0 

Medium trucks (ll,to under 

2-t-tons) - total • 

'It-ton: 

259,948 97,112 0 2,616 4,402 151,053 2,581 2,184 

6x6, cargo • 6,344 2,123 0 0 4,074 10 137 0 

4x4, cargo. 66,340 2,731 0 16 137 60,475 1,921 1,060 4x4, dump

4x4, bomb s~e, chassis, 

panel, tracto and special 

669 610 0 0 57 0 0 2 

15-foQ~body types 386 236 0 0 85 20 45 0 

W, cargo • ,.­ .-.. 4x2, chassis and cab, 

106,211 14,818 0 2,500 26 87,452 294 1,121 

completely knocked down 

W, chassis and cowl, 

8,329 8,329 0 0 0 0 0 0 

completely knocked down 42,672 42,672 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4x2, stake and platform 

W, ambulance; tank, gas; and 

28,665 25,569 0 0 0 3,096 0 0 

tractor types 332 24 0 100 23 a 184 1 

Light-heavy trucks (2-t-ton) - total 245,300 26,890 8 10,230 5,806 200,662 1,688 16 

6x6, amphibian • • ...... 3,974 3,240 7 a 4 723 a a 6x6, cargq, 164-inch wheelbase 125,196 9,859 a 6,782 2,610 104,485 1,450 10 

6x6, cargo, 145-inch wheelbase 

6x6, cargo, chassis, 164-inch 

10,258 1,882 1 422 1,896 5,992 62 3 

wheelbase 5,975 a a a 0 5,975 a a 6x6, dump 1,171 0 a a 649 494 28 a 6x6, tank, gasoline, 75Q-gallon 

6x6, mobile machine shop, repair 

1,138 546 a 83 17 426 66 a 

and spare parts vehicle 

6x6, cargo, 15-foot body; tank, 

water, 700-gallon; van, medi2,040 358 a 115 469 1,022 73 3 

cal; and wrecker types 180 13 0 0 161 2 4 a 6x4, cargo. 87,~ 5,259 0 2,828 0 79,715 5 a 6x4, tractor 6,294 4,466 a a a 1,828 a a w, chassis . -,-.. 4x2, dump, tank, and tractor 1,000 1,000 0­ a a 0 a a 

types 

Heavy-heavy trucks (over .2f ton) -

267 267 a 

<:~':

0 0 a a a 

total ....... 47,141 37,756 2,.735 163 1,088 2,972 294 2,133 

3-5-ton, all types •• 900 900 0 a a 0 a a 3-t-ton, W, all types 

4-ton: 

2,000 2,000 a a a a 0 a 

6x6, cargo ." • 1,477 694 4DO 67 274 0 0 

6x6, dump .. 39 a 0 a 19 20 a 6x6, wrecker' • 729 526 0 73 112 a 18 0 

4x4, cargo, non-standard. 

4-5-ton, 4x4, tractor (Corps of 

5,712 5,412 0 0 0 0 0 300 

Engineer type) 

5-ton: 

98 12 1 7 76 0 2 0 

4x4, tractor. 42 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 

W, dump 

W, tank, l000-gallon; and 

1,247 0 0 0 4 1,243 0 0 

tractor type 

5-6-ton: 

230 2'p0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4x4, cargo ••••••••• 

4x4, prime mover and tractor 843 843 0 a a a 0 \ 

0 

type 

4x4, wrecker • 4x2,cargo. •• .'. 

2,515 

374 

3,430 

2,157 

374 

3,430 

144 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

124 

0 

0 

90 

0 

0 

\0 

'b 

0 

0 

0 

0 " 

See footnotes at en~ ot., ta:b1~~' Continued on next page 
NUMBER OF 27 ITEMS 

Table LL-14--Quantitiesof selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 -continued
 

Procuring service and 

item name or description Totai 

British 

Empire 

hi 

Canada China French 

Forces U.S.S.R. 

American 

Repub~

lies 

other 

Countries 

and FEA 

Ordnance Department - continued 

Heavy-heavy trucks - concluded 

6-ton, 6x6, prime mover 7t-ton: ' 

6,157 5,301 700 o 124 o 12 20 

6x6, prime mover and tractor 617 307 o o 96 14 200 o 

4x4,tank •• ID-ton: 

50 50 o o o o o o 

6x6,heavy wrecker, Ml •• 979 610 9 16 227 101 16' o 6~~r~r~;ral service load 

13,851 9,885 1,410 o o 757 o 1,799 

4x2, dump •••••• 

12-ton, 6x4, tractor, M20, for 

50 50 o o o o o o 

trailer, tank transporter. 

2D-ton: 

4,164 3,69.3.­ o o o 471 o o 

6x6, tractor, M26 and M26Al 

6x4, .tractor, for semi10 8 o o 2 o o o 

trailer tank transporter 1,627 1,274 71 o 30 234 4 14 

Semitrailers - total • • 8,277 5,964 72 12 199 2,026 4 o 3 and 3t-ton, 2-wheel, all types 11 o o o 11 o o o 

6-ton, 2-wheel, van • 156 o o 12 144 o o o 

7-ton, 2-wheel, cargo • • • • • 6,294 4,466 o '0 o 1,8~8 o o 

10 and 12-ton, all~ types • •• 140 140 o o o o o o 

2D-ton, tank transporter •••• 

20 and 22t-ton, 4-wheel, low and 

1,416 1,218 o o o 198 o o 

flat bed types 

-~45-ton, 8-wheel, tank transporter, 

216 140 72 o o o 4 o 

Ml5 44 o o o 44 o o o 

Trailers - total., • • • • 44,757 20,282 556 5,842 15,835 888 1,250 104 

1/4-ton, 2-wheel, cargo ••• 17,199 11,952 554 1,204 3,007 2 430 50 

f-ton, 2-wheel, public address 1 o o o o o 1 o 

I-ton, 2-wheel, cargo 

I-ton, 2-wheel, tank, 25D-gallon, 

18,949 2,704 o 4,376 10,875 316 624 54 

water 385 1 o 142 207 o 35 o 

2-ton, 4-wheel, searchlight 2 o o o o o 2 o 2-ton, M7 50 50 o o o o o ,0 

5 'to, 6-ton, 4-wheel, cargo 1,240 1,234 o o o 6 o o 

12.,.ton, low bed' • 502 502 o o o o o o 

25...ton, 6-wheel, pole type • 

45.,.ton, 12-wheel, tank trans­ 195 75 o 120 o o o o 

porter,Ml9 3,449 2,861 o o 57 531 o o 

Trailer, ammunition, MlO 600 82 o o 439 o 79 o 

Trailer, ammunition, M21 18 o o o 12 o 6 o 

Trailer, ammunition, M23 96 96 o o o o o o 

Trailer, armored, M8 • 988 2 2 o 968 o 16 o 

Trailer, bomb, M5 

Trailer, clamshell, Ml6, for 

191 o o o 134 o 57 o 

8-inch gun Ml and 240mm howitzer 22 22 o o o o o o 

Trailer, generator M7 and Ml8 169 o o o 136 33 o o 

Trailer, tank,gasoline, refuelling 261 261 o o o o o o 

Trailer, for 25-pounder gun 384 384 o o o o o o Truck, bomb-lift, Ml (hand truck) 

other vehicles: 

56 56 o o o o o o 

Bicycles, all types 11,205 8,268 o 2,645 69 o 136 87 

Motorcycles- total 66,806 28,509 o 1,000 1,252 34,190 767 1,088 

Solo, 45-cubic inch 38,103 8,686 o 1,000 926 26,670 201 620 

Solo, 30-cubic inch 26,914 18,140 o o 326 7,520 566 362 

With sidecar. .• • 1,789 1,683 o o o o o 106 

Passenger cars - total • 1,230 808 80 o 80 200 57 5 

Light, 5-passenger • • • 1,209 807 80 o 65 200 52 5 

other types, 5 and 8-passenger 

Tractors, high speed" military 

21 1 o o 15 o 5 o 

type - total 448 134 o o 122 174 18 o 

13-ton, M5 226 o o o 36 172 18 o 

18-ton, M4 • 90 2 o o 86 2 o o 

38-ton, M6 • 132 132 o o o o o o 

Motor toboggan. 95 95 o o o o o o 

Other than tank-automotive items 

Heavy field artillery: 

Howitzer, 24Omm, Ml on carriage Ml 

Gun, 8.,.inch, Ml, on carriage Ml 

28 28 o o o o o o 

and M2... • • 17 17 o o o o o .. o 

WSee footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
28 LEND.LEASE 

~able LL-14--Quantities of selected items included in War Department 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 W- continued 

Procuring service and 

item name or description 

Ordnance Department - continued 

Heavy field artillery - concluded 

Howitzer, 8-inch, M2 (Ml), with 

carriage Ml 

Howitzar, 155mm, all types, with 

carriage . . ........
 Gun, 155mm, Ml917 and Ml918, with 

carriage M2 and M3 • ...... Gun, 155mm, Ml, MlAl, and M2, with 

carriage Ml .. 

Light field and antitank weapons: 

Gun, 75mm, Ml916, with carriage, 

Ml916Al 

Howitzer, 75mm, Ml and MlA1, with 

carriage, pack, Ml, MlAl and M8 

Howitzer, 75mm, MlAl, with 

carriage M3Al 

Gun, 57mm, Ml and Mark III, with 

carriages Ml, MlA2, MlA3 and M2 

Gun, 37mm, M3 and M3Al, with 

carriage M4 and M4Al • 

Gun, 25-pounder, complete 

Tank gun, 75mm, all models 

Aircraft gun, 2Omm, automatic, Ml, 

M3, and AN-M2 

.Antiairc;r-aft guns: !iI 

Gun, 317-inch, quick firing 

Gun, 9Omm, Ml and MlAl, with 

mount MlAl • 

Gun, 3-inch, M3, with mount, M2A2 

Gun, 40min, automatic, M1 with 

carriage Ml and M2A1 • 

Gun, 37mm, automatic, MlA2, with 

carriage, MJ and M3Al 

Gun, 2Omm,· automatic, Mark IV, 

(Oerlikon) • • • • • • • • 

.Rocket launchers and mortars: 

Launcher, 7. 2-inch, Ml7 

Mortar,8lmm, Ml, with mount, Ml 

and M4 • ...........
 Mortar,60mm, M2, with mount, M2 

andM5, and 6Omm, Tl8E6 

Thrower, bomb, 2-inch, Mark II 

Spare cannon for heavy. field 

artillery: Gun, 155mm, M2, (Ml 

and MlAl) ... Small Arms: 

Machine guns: 

.5O-caliber, BroWning, M2, 

basic, (aircraft) ••• 

•50-caliber, Browning, M2, water 

cooled,flexible (antiaircraft) 

.5O-caliber, Browning, M2, heavy 

barrel, all types (ground) 

.303-caliber, Bren, Mark I • 

.30-caliber, Browning, M2,fixed 

and flexible (aircraft) 

.30-caliber, Browning, Ml919A4 

and A6, fixed and flexible 

Rifles: 

•55-caliber, Boyes, antitank • 

•303-caliber, Lee-Enfield 

•3O-caliber, Ml 

.3O-caliber, Ml903, Ml903A1 and 

Ml903A3 • 

•3O-caliber, Ml917 • 

WSee footnotes at end of table. 

Total 

British 

Empire

121 

Canada China 

610 610 0 0 

302 236 0 36 

116 54 0 0 

209 184 0 0 

230 170 0 0 

1,591 802 24 637 

125 0 0 125 

5,352 4,242 0 0 

2,359 78 3 1,669 

254 192 0 62 

2,065 1,351 0 0 

45,128 44,711 317 0 

547 547 0 0 

489 0 0 28 

56 20 0 0 

8,979 2,834 0 180 

620 432 ° 0 

800 800 0 0 

36 36 ° 0 

5,273 555 36 1,260 

6,337 607 41 4,183 

14,666 14,666 0 0 

295 285 0 0 

48,674 47,257 47 460 

23,520 12,810 42­ 7,370 

15,083 5,233 991 501 

29,034 5,236 0 23,798 

70,703 69,431 2 1,124 

30,735 17,631 2,800 1,218 

44,553 38,424 0 6,129 

1,236,706 1,196,706 0 40,000 

104,137 38,CXn 8,014 1 

191,713 64,003 1 107,470 

311,241 119,000 0 152,241 

. ... 

Continued on next page 

French 

Forces 

0 

12 

48 

25 

0 

68 

0 

653 

130 

0 

0 

0 

0 

210 

0 

448 

100 

0 

0 

381 

1,123 

° 

10 

804 

0 

7,655 

0 

0 

2,272 

0 

0 

58,114 

11,015 

0 

U.S.S.R. 

American 

Republics 

other 

Countries 

and FEA 

0 0 0 

0 18 0 

0 2 12 

0 0 0 

0 2 58 

0 60 0 

0 0 0 

400 57 0 

63 316 100 

0 0 0 

702 12 0 

100 0 0 

0 0 0 

251 0 0 

0 36 0 

5,511 4 2 

0 88 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

2,540 443 58 

0 363 20 

0 ° 0 

0 0 0 

0 106 0 

3,100 134 64 

1 618 84 

° 0 0 

0 146 0 

5,403 1,160 251 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

1 6 0 

0 9,224 0 

0 0 40,000 
NUMBER OF 29 ··ITEMS 

Table :LI,-;.14--Qua,ntities of selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease shipments :1941- 1945W - continued
 

Procuring service and 

item name or description Total 

British 

Empire 

!l/ 

Canada China French 

Forces U.S.S.R. 

American 

Repu~

lics 

Other 

Countries 

ahd FEA 

Ordnance Department - continued 

Small arms - concluded 

Carbines, .3O-caliber, Ml series 

and M2.. • • 

Pistols, .45-caliber, automatic, 

122,824 25,362 230 1 96,983 7 241 o 

Ml911 and Ml91lA1 •• 

Revolver, 38/200-ca1iber, Smith 

78,625 39,592 1,515 2,266 19,325 12,997 2,890 40 

and Wesson. • ••••• 

Submachinegun, .45-ca1iber, all 

666,231 650,551 13,650 0 o o 1,930 100 

types 880,195 651,086 1,321 63,251 20,856 .137,729 2,272 3,680 

Miscellaneous weapons and 

equipment: 

Bayonet, Ml917 • 

Belt link, metallic, •50-caliber, 

275,354 50,001 o 154,336 31,017 o o 40,000 

M2 (.thousands) • • 

Belt link, metallic, .30-caliber, 

848,318 594,452 5,682 20,504 5,880 214,007 ;1.,625 6,168 

Ml, aircraft (thousands) •••• Binoculars, 6x30 mil and degree 

471,562 261,164 o 13,202 o 192,295 2,031 2,870 

reticle, all models 

Mount, machine gun, •50-caliber, 

134,938 94,481 o 4,085 19,786 15,124 1,362 100 

antiaircraft,· M2 and M2A1 4,848 1,007 O. 452 3,235 o 133 21 

Antiaircraft fire control equipment 

(non-component items only): 

DirElctors, antiaircraft: 

M3A3, M3A4, and M3A5 495 495 o o o o o o 

M5 and M5A1 

M6 •.• •. 9,447 

2,820 

2,421 

2,688 o 

132 

196 

o 

671 

o 

6,109 

o 

48 

o 2 

o 

M7, ~7Al, and M7AlB1 161 o o 7 66 87 1 o 

Generating units, all types 

Height. finders, Ml and M2 

2,218 

160 

1,691 

6 

o 

o 14 

7 

424 

67 

12 

80 

73 

o 

4 

o Remote control system, M2 367 19 .0 o 29 315 4 o 

Ammunition for heavy field 

artillery: 

240mm howitzer, Ml; shell,HE;Mll4 22,500 22,500 o 0 o o o o 8~inch gun; shell, HE; Ml03 

155mm gun; shell, HE, Ml01, 

19,200 19,200 o 0 o o o o 

Mark III and Mark IIIAI 

155mm howitzers: 

593,810 584,506 o 0 5,820 o 484 3,000 

Shell, HE, Ml02, Mark 1A1 424,536 263,000 1,500 102,000 5,760 o 7,000 45,276 Shell; smoke, HC, BE, Ml16 • 70,000 64,000 o 6,000 o o o o 

Ammunition for light field, tank 

and antitank weapons: 

105mm howitzers: 

Shell, semifixed, HE, Ml, M2A1 

Shell, semifixed, HE, AT, M67, 

4,485,985 3,605,497 o 666,164 o 61,022 68,801 

and BD, M62 ••••• 

Shell, semifixed, smoke, WP, 

209,609 160,097 o 49,452 60 o o o 

M60 and HC, BE, M84 .• 590,332 525,106 o 46,703 10,320 o 5,20Q 

90mm guns~ antiaircraft~nti-motor

torpedo boat, and antitank: 

Projectile, fixed, APC, M82 and 

AP, M77 42,398 8,630 o 1,200 48 32,520 o o 

Shell, fixed, HE, M71 468,106 7,000 o 28,100 856 432,150 o o 

3-inch guns: 

Projectile, fixed, APC-T, M26A1, 

(M62), and AP, M79 • 

Shell, fixed, HE, M42A1, (M4,2), 

1,154,759 1,106,405 o 16,204 26,800 o 

normal and reduced charge 667,879 556,624 12,000 5,402 30,OQO o 

76mm guns: 

Projectile, fixed,APC-T, M62A1, 

(M62) and AP, M79 807,259 488,600 6 o o 318,659 o o 

Shell, fixed, HE, M42A 1 804,354 488,200 o o o 316,154 o o 

75mm guns: 

Projectile, fixed, APC, M6lA1, 

(M61); and shot, fixed, AP, 

M72, normal and super charge 8,998,234 7,346,133 147,108 90,000 42,768 1,351,924 19,502 799 

AI See footnotes !l-tendof table. 

Continued on. next· page 
30 LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-14--Qua,ntities of selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 - continued
 

Procuring British American other service and French

item name or ,description Total Empire Canada China U.S.S.R. Repub­ Countries Forces hi lics and FEA 

Ordnance Department - concluded 

75mm guns - concluded
 

Shell, fixed, HE, M48, normal,
 

super and reduced charges ,
 10,678,480 8,272,027 87,303 127,497 50,112 1,970,363 20,776 150,402 Shell, fixed, smoke, HC, 1189 1,680,260 1,672,758 0 7,502 o 0 o o 

Shell, fixed, smoke, WP, M64 161,100 147,100 0 14,000 o 0 o o 

75= howitzers:
 

Shell, HE, M48, fixed and
 

semifixed ••••••
 4,418,828 1,473,207 5,589 2,839,300 71,287 o 9,846 19,599 

Shell, HE, AT, M66, fixed 102,399 52,397 o 49,000 o 102 900 o Shell, smoke, WP, M64 414,411 132,203 577 267,264 7,920 o 444 6,003

57= guns:
 

Cartridge, AP-T, M70 •
 3,509,723 2,759,716 o o 83,801 416,001; o 250,202 

Cartridge, APC-T, M86 1,454,525 1,420,449 o o 0 34,076 o o 

37= guns:
 

Canister, fixed, M2
 760,000 421,000 o 255,000 12,000 55,000 17,000 o Shell, fixed, HE, M63 5,758,619 2,584,000 o 1,113,772 20,000 

Shot, fixed, APC, M51 and AP, 

37,700 1,694,715 308,432 

M74 17,199,949 11,778,000 o 570,040 108,100 3,570,409 261,100 912,300 

Ammunition for aircraft guns:
 

37= gun; shell, fixed,HE, M54 fJ
 3,119,599 15,000 o o o 3,104,599 0, o

Ammunition for antiaircraft guns:
 

3.7-inch gun; she11,quick firing 2,549,348 2,549,348
 o o 0 o o o 40= guns:
 

Cartridge, AP-T, M81 and M81A1 1,313,138 537,298
 o 20,024 27,168 727,688 960 o 

Cartridge, HE-T, Mark I and
 

Mark II 14,190,311 6,264,201
 o o 340,387 7,580,677 5,046 o

37= gun; shell, fixed, HE, M54 

Ammunition for rocket launchers
 

and mortars:
 

2.36-inch launcher; rocket, HE­


AT, M6 series 521,640 86,000
 49,220 376,900 o 8,500 1,020 o 

3.25-inch rocket, target, ahti­


aircr~ft, M2A1 (M2) 121,271 120,302
 24 o 945 o o o

81mm mortars:
 

Shell, HE; light, M43A1 1,870,516 209,112
 100,622 

Shell, HE, heavy, M56 781,967 27,908 

12,920 1,130,314 35,804 334,676 47,068

0 705,829 10,065 12,001 2,911 23,253 

Shell, smoke, WP, M57 220,747 28,814 4,200 ,171,718 14,295 o 1,219 501 

60= mortar; she11,HE,M49 series 5,318,428 576,008 15,908 4,547,618 109,008 o 44,870 25,016

Ammunition for small arms (thous­


ands of, rounds) :
 

•50-caliber 'cartridges:
 

Armor piercing, Ml and M2 328,908 189,911
 1,164 2,629 

Armor piercing, incendiary, 

M8, M8E1 and T48. .. 85,029 84,947 

1,044 13,830 3,754 116,576

o o o 82 o o Ball, Ml and M2 ' • 109,918 105 1735 2,'425 1,372 0. o 269 117 

Incelldiary, Ml, MlE1, T28 273,901 210,646 1,793 150 924 60,388 o o Tracer, Ml • 138,083 92,015 232 5,153 1,172 38,690 291 530 

Tracer, MlO, MlOE1 • 11,049 10,745 258 o o 46 o • 0

•45-caliber cartridge; ball,
 

Ml911 •••••••••••• 1,137,194 686,538
 13,003 112;628 4,932 306,065 974 13,054

9mm cartridge, ball (parabellum) 547,643 546,237 0 o o o 1,403 

7.92mm cartridge, ball • 668,535 6 

3 

4,251 664,278 o o ~'Q o .303-ca1iber cartridge, ball 1,460,494 1,327,649 ° 132,744 o o 101 o

.30-caliber cartridge:
 

Armor piercing, M2 991,532 657,491
 687 192,172 129,246 2,097 268 

Ball, M2 • 1,712,634 1,238,713 

9,571 

13,684 89,091 25,167 9,289 27,153 

Incendiary, Ml • 249,012 161,587 

309,537 

o o o o o Tracer, Ml • 462,863 340,200 

87,425 

1,226 41,906 4,602 72,410 2,210 309 

Tracer, M2 • 94,000 89,488 211 o o 4,301 o .30-caliber cartridge, carbine, ° ball, Ml • 64,432 63,140 1,202 o 51 17 20 2 

Quartermaster Corps 

Clothing (in thousands):
 

Blouse, ,wool, battle dress,
 

British •• 1,574 1,574
 o o o o o o 

Coat, wool, serge, olive drab 601 o o o 291 0, o 310 

S,ee footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
NUMBER.~OF ITEMS 31 

Table LL-14--Quantities -of selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease.shipments: 1941 - 1945 - continued
 

Procuring· service and 

itell\ name or description 

Quartermaster - concluded 

Clothing (in thousands) conc).uded 

j)rawers, cotton, shorts 

Drawers, wool, lopg' arid knee 

length 

Glovefl, wool, olive drab (including gloves, WOOl, women and 

leather palm) 

Helmet, steel, Ml917, complete 

Hood, wool, olive drab, special 

Jacket, field, Ml943 .. . Jacket, herring bone twill ••• Overcoat, wool, olive drab and 

roll collar 

Raincoat, enlisted men, all types 

Shirt, bush, herring bone twill, 

khaki, British .. Shirt, cotton, khaki, eIllis"ted 

men ....... - .., .
 Shirt, flannel, olive drab and 

coat style 

Shoes, Russian, war aid 

Shoes, service, eIllisted men • 

Socks, wool, heavy; wool, light; 

and 50%. wool ... Trousers, Wool, battle dress, 

British 

Trousers, wool, olive drab 

Undershirt, cotton, summer, 

sleeveless •
 

Undershirt, wool
 

Equipage (in thousands): 

Bar, mosquito, with frames 

Blanket, wool, olive drab, Ml934 

Tent, shelter, half 

Towel, bath, white and olive drab 

General supplies (in thousands): 

Drum, inflammable liquid, steel, 

5-gallon .. Insecticide, freon, aerosol, 

I-pound diSpenser 

Service equipment (in single units) : 

Truck, forklift, 4000-pound, 

gasoline engine driven ••• 

TrUck, forklift, 6000-pound, 

gasoline' engine driven, pneumatic tires • . . . . . . Truck, forklift, 6000-pound, 

gasoline engine driven, solid 

tires , 

Signal _Corps . 

Radar equipment: 

SCR-268, antiaircraft gun laying 

and search light control • • • • 

SCR-545, antiaircraft fire 

control, search and tracking _. • 

SCR-584, -a.ntiaircraft fire control 

Radio equipment: 

SCR-l??, portable, medium range, 

ground set 

SCR-245,vehicular, medium range, 

ground s~t •• .. . .... SCR-255 and -551, direction' finder and radio detector sets 

SCR":284, vehicular, short range, 

ground set 

SCR-287, liaison, long range, 

airborne set 

Total 

British 

Empire 

!21 

Canada China 

),277 4,383 0 0 

~82 4,660 0 0 

3,686 2.'565 0 0 

383 7 125 53 

251 247 0 0 

650 0 0 0 

741 203 0 3 

457 0 0 0 

811 0 0 550 

3,428 3,428 0 0 

725 117 0 0 

8,330 5,314 400 0 

13,471 0 0 0 

5,256 1,501 0 90 

16,188 14,234 0 O. 

+,746 1,743 0 0 

~,893 0 

l.·..y 

0 0 

7,136 5,998 0 O. 

3,356 2,009 0 0 

487 0 0 485 

6,326 4,165 0 83 

413 82 0 0 

2,327 1,795 0 0 

1,698 1,472 0 46 

2,314 2,31i 1 0 

543 511 23 0 

288 284 a 4 

974 974 a 0 

29 a 0 0 

45 30 0 a 

212 135 0 0 

977 240 0 93 

523 345 a 16 

344 4 a a 

21,041 6,465 7 2,249 

539 502 0 0 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued· on next page 

French 

Forces 

767 

2,209 

614 

2 

4 

649 

535 

457 

254 

0 

20 

1,365 

0 

1,124 

1,403 

0 

1,823 

957 

0 

1 

488 

278 

476 

167 

1 

0 

0 

a 

4 

0 

28 

42 

0 

3 

247 

0 

American Other 

U.S.S.R. Repub- Countries

lies and FEA 

0 3 124­

1,084 6 1,423 

0 2 505 

0 174 22

0 0 0 

0 1 0

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 ]'. 4 

0 0 0 

0 8 580 

0 1 1,250 

13,471 0 0

991 2 1,548

85 1 465

0 0 3 

0 11 1,059 

5 53 123

0 1 i,346 

0 0 l{{J

1,542 28 20

0 45 8

0 12 44 

0 i3 0

1 0 0

0 9 0

a a a 

0 0 0

25 0 0

15 0 a

49 a a

590 12 0

87 75 0

330 3 4 

11,500 551 22

17 20 0
32 LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-14--Quantities' of selected itemaincluded in War Department 

, Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 i/ - continued 

Pro(,uring service and 

item name or description Total 

British 

Empire 

hi 

Canada China French 

Forces U.S.S.R. 

Americ8J1 

Republics 

other 

Countries 

and FEA 

Signal Corps - concluded 

Radio equipment - concluded 

_.! SC.R-291, navigational direction 

finder, ground set. 

SCR-299, -399, .-499 (inclUdes 

also SCR-197), mobile, long 

range, .tactical' command sets, 

for higher ground headquarters • 

SCR-510, vehicular, short range, 

ground set (armored troops) •• 

SCR-536, portable, short range, 

ground set ("handie-talkie") • • SCR-610, vehicUlar, short range, 

ground artillery, liaison set • 

SCR-625, portable, metallic mine 

detector •••••••••• 

SCR-694, portable, short range, 

ground set ••..•.••• 

Radio set, No. 19, British. 

Radio set, No.;·4$,J British. 

228 

4,285 

2,708 

15,913 

5,253 

9,361 

1,540 

70,087 

30,655 

228 

1,704 

1,011 

13,928 

750 

6,319 

1,286 

57,307 

27,850 

o 

o 

o 

249 

o 

49 

4

o 

150 

0 

67 

175 

76 

280 

1,893 

° 0 

1,125 

° 

12 

1,496 

1,326 

1,282 

1,024 

250 

o 

o 

o 

2,495 

o 

20 

2,800 

20 

o 12,780 

1,530 

o 

5 

26 

302 

141 

55 

o 

o 

o 

o 

2 

o 

12 

o 

1 

o 

°

o 

Wire communications equipment: 

EE..,8, telephone; portable field, 

and EE-8A, Russian type 

EE-97, telegraph printer '.' 

TC-22, telegraph terminal set 

478,420 

3,731 

290 

95,508 

3,076 

290 

108 

18 

o 

24,757 

8 

0 

8,999 

o 

o 

343,416 

619 

o 

4,547 

10 

o 

1,085 

o 

o 

Wire: 

W-110, wire, field, twisted 

pair (miles) • 

W-130, wire, assault, light 

weight, twisted pair (miles) 

WS-I-TS, wire, field, single 

condu~tor (thousand miles) 

395,127 

47,210 

1,498 

359,367 

39,068 

357 

136 

278 

o 

28,348 

4,600 

0 

2,220 

2,561 

o 

94 

o 

1,141 

4,119 

697 

o 

843 

6 

o 

Transportation Corps 

Railway equipment: 

Box cars and brake vans: 

20-ton, 4-wheel, standard gauge 

20-ton, 4-wheel, 66-inch and 

meter gauge 

30-ton and 30-metric ton, 

8-wheel, meter and 42-inch 

gauge . 

40-ton, 8-wheel, standard gauge 

5,982 

330 

7,870 

1,340 

5,982 

330 

7,820 

1,340 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

° 

° 

o 

50 

o 

Dump car, 40-ton, 8-wheel, 

6O-inch gauge •• • • • 1,000 o o o o 1,000 o o 

Flat cars: 

30- and 33-ton, 8-wheel, meter 

gauge •• 

50-ton, 8-wheel, standard gauge 

SO-ton, 8-wheel, 60-inch gauge • 

2,110 

350 

10,0()0 

2,110 

350 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

°

o 

o 

o 

o 

10,000 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

Gondola cars: 

20-ton, high side, 4-wheel; 

standard gauge • 

20-ton, high side, 4-wheel, 

66-inch gauge • 

30-ton, high and low side, 

8-wheel, meter gauge. 

40-ton, high and low side, 

8-wheel, standard gauge 

Number. 4360 

1,930 

1,080 

1,970 

1,820 

1,490 

1,930 

1,080 

1,970 

1,820 o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

° 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

°

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

1,490 

Tank car, 10,DOO-gallon, 8-wheel, 

standard gauge • 600 600 o o o o o o 

Locomotives: 

Diesel':"electric, 4S-ton, 

0-4-4-0, 66-inch gauge 36 31 o o o o o 5 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Continued on next page 
NU-MBER 33 "OF·' ITEMS 

Table LL-14--Quantities of selected items included in War Department
 

Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945 rV -continued
 

Procuring service and 

item name or description 

Transportation Corps - concluded 

Locomotives - concluded 

Diesel-electric, 65-ton, 

0-4":'4-0, standard gauge 

Diesel-electric, 127-ton, 

0-6-6-0, 60-inch gauge • 

Steam, 50-ton, 0-6-0, standard 

gauge 

Steam, 60-ton, 2-8-2, 42-inch 

and meter gauge 

Steam, 80-ton, 2-8-0, standard gauge .. Steam, 80-ton, 2-8-0, 66-inch 

and 60-inch gauge 

Steam, ,lOO-ton,2-8 - 2, standard gauge •• • e.e •• 

Steam, 105-ton, 2-10-0, 60-inch 

gauge .. ..~ . . . Steam, l05-ton, XD, 2-8-2, 

66-inch gauge 

Steam, 130-ton, 2-8-2, 66-inch 

gauge 

Marine equipment: 

Self-propelled marine equipment: 

Tractor, marine, twin tug, deep 

draft, designs 5B and 5 

Tug, 4&:-foot" WOOd, designs 

324 and 410 .. Non-propelled marine equipment: 

Barge, 60-foot, deck cargo, 

wood, knockdown • . • • • • 

Barge, 104-foot, dry or liquid 

cargo, steel, knockdown 

Barge, 112-foot, deck cargo, steel, knockdown • 

Crane, floating ,60-ton, 

reVolving, steel, knockdown, 

design NO. 413 

Crane, floating, loo-ton, 

reVolving, steel, knockdown 

Derrlck, pontoon, 60-ton, 

knockdown 

Materials handling equipment:
 

Gantry portal cranE;l, 3-ton •
 

Gantry portal crane, 45-ton
 

A:rm:y Air Forces 

Aircraft - all types 

Engines - all types 

Propellers - all types 

Heavy bombers: 

Airplanes - total
 

B-17, Flying Fortress
 

B-24, Liberator
 

Other models
 

Engines 

Propellers 

Medium bombers: 

Airplanes - total
 

B-25, Mitchell
 

B-26, Marauder
 .' . Other models 

Engines
 

Propellers
 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Total 

British 

Empire

IV 

Canada China 

131 131 0 0 

70 0 0 0 

145 145 0 0 

557 529 0 0 

68 68 0 0 

260 60 0 0 

200 200 0 0 

1,685 0 0 0 

225 165' 0 0 

40 40 0 0 

127 127 0 0 

225 225 0 0 

365 365 0 0 

45 45 0 0 

236 236 0 0 

11 5 0 0 

3 1 0 0 

36 36 0 0 

24 24 0 0 

29 0 0 0 

43,021 25,870 295 1,378 

48,388 39,974 1,548 551 

56,891 51,326 224 619 

2,399 2,302 94 0 

168 162 6 0 

2,229 2,140 88 0 2 0 0 0 

1,272 1,174 98 0 

814 737 77 0 

2,863 1,420 4 131 

2,085 807 4 131 

674 510 0 0 

104 103 0 0 

1,183 448 3 44, 

1,073 478 3 43 

Continued on next page 

French
 

Forces
 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,417 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

164 

0 

164 

0 

0 

0 

U.S.S.R. 

American 

Republies 

Other 

Countries 

and FEA 

0 0 0 

70 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 28 

0 0 0 

200 0 0 

0 0 0 

1,685 0 0 

a 0 60 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

6 0 0 

2 0 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

29 0 0 

11,450 2,089 522 

4,980 1,232 103 

3,918 762 42 

1 2 0 

0 0 0 

1 0 0 

0 2 0 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

865 30 249 

865 29 249 

0 0 0 

0 1 0 

633 16 39 

534 15 0 

I 
34 LEND-LEASE 

Table LL-14--Quantities of selected, items inc~uded in War Department
 Lend-Lease shipments: 1941 - 1945gj - concluded
 

item nalne 

Army Air Forces 

Light bombers: 

Airplanes ­

A-28, A-29, 

A-30, 

Other models 

Engines 

Propellers 

Fighters: 

Airplanes ­

P-40, 

other models 

Engines 

Propellers 

Transports: 

Airplanes ­ C-43, 

C-60, 

C-78, Bobcat 

Other models 

Engines 

Propellers 

Trainers: 

Airplanes ­

AT-6, Texan 

Other models 

Engines 

Propellers 

Communications: 

\irp1anes ­

R-4, R-6, 

Other models 

Engines 

Propellers 

Other airplanes 

Glider planes 

British ,French American Other Procuring service and Total Empire Canada China. . U.S.S.R. Repub- Countries or description gj Forces lies and FEA 

- concluded 

total 7,127 3,697 0 28 166 3,066 142 28 

A-20 and DB-7, Havoc 3,580 455 0 0 0 3,066 31 28 

Hudson. 1,063 1,007 0 28 1 0 27 0 

Baltimore 1,160 1,160 0 0 0 0 0 0 

A-31, A-35, Vengeance 1,160 1,064 0 0 67 0 29 0 

164 11 0 0 98 0 55 0 

3,133 1,310 0 26 0 1,699 98 0 

2,606 1,103 0 26 0 1,410 67 0 

total 17,182 8,657 63 679 723 6,695 230 135 P-39, Airacobra 7,289 2,701 0 0 165 4,423 0 0 

Warhawk 5,492 2,799 63 377 0 2,069 89 95 P-47, Thunderbolt 1,587 825 0 0 446 203 113 0 

P-51, .Mustang 2,334 2,244 0 50 0 0 0 40 

P-63, Kingcobra 199 87 0 0 112 0 0 0 

281 1 0 252 0 0 28 0 

4,536 2,226 11 156 0 2,08.<­ 29 32 

3,288 1,411 17 163 0 1,674 23 0 

total 4,837 3,470 134 120 183 739 133 58 Traveller 145 103 0 10 0 0 32 0 

C-45, Expeditor 486 416 28 0 25 \.0 17 0 

C-47, Skytrain • 2,960 2,035 47 77 52 708 16 25 C-61, Forwarder 813 809 0 0 0 0 4 0 

Lodestar • 114 47 22 0 11 0 13 21 

130 0 0 0 95 0 33 2 

189 60 37 33 0 31 18 10 

1,563 755 90 62 0 542 94 20 

1,178 683 80 36 0 290 78 11 

total 7,333 5,356 0 420 28 84 1,400 45 

3,354 2,775 0 20 0 84 475 0 

PT-19, PT-26, Cornell 2,281 1,675 0 127 0 0 434 45 

1,698 906 0 273 28 0 491 0 

3,171 2,620 0 135 0 12 403 1 

3,842 3,053 0 333 0 1 430 25 

total 528 222 0 0 L53 0 146 7 

L-2, 1-3, L-4, Grasshopper 

type (liaison) • • • 255 4 0 0 134 0 110 7 

(helicopter) 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 

(liaison) 194 139 0 0 19 0 36 0 

45 13 0 0 0 0 26 6 

69 4 0 0 0 0 64 1 

6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 

.'. 746 746 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Miscellaneous engines 33,485 31,428 1,346 128 0 12 566 5 

Miscellaneous propellers 44,021 43,857 47 18 0 9 85 5 ~--

See explanatory notes at the end of Lend-Lease section for content and sources of data. Q/ Excludes shipments to The Dominion of Canada. 

s;) Includes high speed prime mover, Class II. 

g; Includes high speed prime mover, Class III. 

!y Includes component fire control equipment.

f.! Shell, HE, M54, for· antiaircraft guns includedin amIIlunition for aircraft guns. 
EXPLANATORY NOTES 35 

Tables LL-l throughLL-14 sUlllmarize the lend-lease activities of the War Departmente They pertain to the defense articles that the Army Service Forces, the Army Air 

Forces, and oversea theaters made available to foreign governments under lend-lease procedures for the purpose of defeating the Axis powers. 

This summary was prepared to serve Army needs only and is not an official statement to anY:foreign government. 

DOLLAR VALUES 

All of the figures on dollar values of lend-lease transactions were obtained 

from reports required of the War Department, by the Foreign Economic Administration. JJ 

They have been revised through 31 March 1952 and no further revisions are contemplated. 

These reports (which were known as DDA reports) were originally required by a 

manual issued 2 May 1941 by the Uivision of Defense Aid Reports of the Executive Office of 

the President under the title "Instructions for the Preparation of Fiscal Reports by Agencies Receiving Alloca.tions under the Defense Aid Supplemental Appropriation Act 1941." 

Specific Instructions were issued by the War Department; they were summarized in War Department Technical Manual 14-705, July 1945, as amended and supplemented. 

The reports were prepared by ASF Technical Services, the Army Air Forces, and 

oversea theaters and submitted to the Office of. the Chief of Finance which prepared CDnsolidated reports and submitted them to FEA. Dollar values of shipments and theater 

transfers have not been adjusted for diversions or returns unless otherwise noted. 

The figures include the relatively small amounts of materials and services 

transferred after V-J Day. The post V-J Day transfers include certain materials procured 

before that time for transfer under the program; spare parts required for the maintenance 

of lend-lease equipment in the hands of allied governments on V-J Day; and transfers made 

to avoid undue hardship of lend-lease governments. 

JJ For convenience, the central lend-lease agency has usually been referred to herein as 

the Foreign Economic Administration or FEAand statements pertaining to this agency are intended to pertain to the agencies which preceded or succeeded it, when appropriate. 

Official responsibility for obtaining reports and maintaining accounts and records was 

ass.ignedto the Division of Defense Aid Reports, in the Executive Office of the President 

on 2 May· 1941. Subsequent transfers placed this responsibility with the Office of LendLease Administration, the Foreign Economic Administration, the State Department, and on 31 

May 1946, the Treasury Department,. The State Department has retained policy responsibilities. For additional information see the International Branch, Hq, ASF report: International Aid Statistics, World War II, A Summary of War Department Lend-Lease Activities 

Reported through 31 December 1945. 
36 LEND.LEASE 

Assignment of Monetary Values 

The dollar values of shipments and transfers shown on DDA reports were~intended

to represent, so far as practicable, all costs incurred by the War Dep~rtment in connection with all lend-lease transactions. Detailed instructions for the assignment of 

such values (specified in TM 14-705) are summarized below. 

The value of defense articles reported for shipments and transfers was required 

to cover the basic cost to the War Department in acquiring the article by purchase or production and an allowance for packaging, transportation, storage and incidental items whicl. 

was computed asa percentage of the basic cost. In general, 10 percent was allowed fOl 

articles shipped toa foreign government within the Continental U.S. and 25 percent for 

articles transferred from theater stocks, or consigned to commanding"'generals of United 

States Army forces overseas earmarked for transfer to a lend-lease government. Modified 

percentage factors were allowed for flight-delivered aircraft and for articles delivered 

to foreign governments in Alaska, Canada or Mexico. 

The instructions provided that services furnished to or to be performed for a 

foreign government and other transactions of an intangible nature (including costs_incurr­ \ 

e4 or losses sustained by cancellation of requirements or in the repossession of material) 

were to be assigned monetary value which represented actual cost. The services and trans­

'actions referred to covered such items as transportation of personnel and property, lodging, subsistence, medical cars, burial and the exchange of a new or repaired item for a 

repairable item of the same type. 

Defense information, such as books,'pamphlets, specifications and other tangible 

items which ~end themselves to a practical system of pricing were required to be assigned 

monetary values which represented procurement cost or production cost. 

Types of Lend-Lease Transactions 

The tables present dollar value figures on the seven basic types of War Department lend-lease transactions which are described below: 

DIRECT SHIPMENTS were shipments from depots or other facilities in the Continental U.S. that were consigned to foreign governments or their aut~orized representatives. 

Data on direct shipment values were obtained from DDA Form 7 which was prepared each month 

by AAF and ASF technical services from shipping tickets covering items shipped from U.S. 

depots or other facilities. The report included services .rendered or performed for and 
EXPLANATORY NOTES 37 

information furnished to foreign governments. The dollar values of items repossessed by 

the U.S. prior to sailing from U.S. ports were excluded. 

Q.ommandin~neral shipments were shipments that were consigned through regular 

Army shipping channels to commanding generals of U.S. oversea theaters of operation for 

transfer under lend-lease to a foreign government after arrival in the theater. Data on 

values of commanding general shipments were obtained from DDA Form 7A which also was prepared each month by AAF and ASF from shipping tickets for items shipped from U.S. depots 

or facilities. 

Theater transfers were transfers to lend-lease foreign governments made by com...;. 

manding generals of U.S. Army forces in oversea theaters of operation or separCite bases. 

They consisted of articles transferred from Army stocks or services furnished to foreign 

governments. Such transactions were authorized in cases 'of emergency or under special 

conditions or circumstances. Dollar value data on theater transfers were obtained from 

DDA Form7B which was prepared bi-monthly by the theaters. The distribution shown herein 

by procuring service was estimated by attributing to the AAF amounts reported under aircraft and aeronautical materiel and to ASF technical services the items which they normally procured. Miscellaneous services and expenses were not allocated by procuring service. 

Production .facilities as used in this report refers to land, buildings, and 

equipment financed by the War Department with Defense Aid funds for use in manufacture or 

production of defense articles in the United States. Dollar value figures onproduction 

facilities were obtained from DDA Form 12 which was prepared by AAF and ASF. 

Commanding general shipments diverted overseas to U.S.... use. Commanders of over 

sea organizations in case of emergency or under special conditions were permitted to divert commanding general shipments in whole or in part to the uses or needs of the United 

States Army. Dollar value figures for these transactions were obtained from DDA Form 7D 

which was prepared bi-monthly by oversea organizations. Diversions must be subtracted 

from gross commanding general shipments reported on DDA Form 7A in order to determine·the 

net amount which a lend-lease government received under the commanding general ship~ent

procedure. 

Lend-lease articles returned for use, Some of the lend-lease articles that had 

been shipped from depots or other facilities but not yet exported from the United States 

were returned by foreign governments for War Department use. Dollar values for such 
38 LEND.LEASE 

returns were obtained from DDA Form 7C, which was prepared each month by AAF andASF agencies from receiving reports, tally-ins or similar documents. This report included only 

those articles for which the War Department had immediate use ~nd did not cover articles 

damaged in shipment prior to transfer or articles returned because a foreign government no 

longer wanted them. 

Overseas returns of lend-lease articles. Foreign governments returned certain 

lend-lease articles to U.S. Army forces in oversea theaters under two procedures: (1) 

some articles were returned at the request of the theater commander and (2) some articles 

no longer required by a foreign government were offered and accepted for return, and 

either physically transferred to a United States Government agency or otherwise disposed 

of by a United States agency. Dollar value figures for such returns were obtained from 

DDA Form 7E which was prepared bi~monthly by theater commanders and field agents of the 

Foreign Liquidation Commission in accordance with War Department Memo 35-45 dated 20 August 1945. The report covered both return values and procurement values. Return values 

were determined according to the types of the articles and their condition. 

Recipient Foreign Governments 

The figures shown for individual foreign governments in this report represent 

transfers charged to those governments. The figures do not represent areas of destination 

because some items were transferred to one government (such as the British Empire) but 

physically delivered in the geographic area of another (such as France or Italy). Moreover the figures represent charges to the initial recipient although some initial recipients (notably the British Empire) retransferred some articles to other countries. 

Specifically, figures shown for the British Empire include all amounts shipped 

or transferred to the British for some other lend-lease government. They also include all 

transactions reported for the United Kingdom and all British dominions and their respective possessions and dependencies, with the exception of the Dominion of Canada for which 

separate data are shown. Certain lend-lease transactions were recorded for Australia, New 

Zealand and other British Commonwealths but such figures understate the total amounts re~

ceived by these areas because of retransfers from the United Kingdom and they are therefore not shown separately in this report. 

Figures shown for French Forces include France, Fighting French, French Committee of National Liberation, French Africa, the French Military Mission, and other French 

possessions. 
EXPtANATORY NOTES 39 

Amounts procured by the War Department, under FEA requisitions for a lend~lease

government are excluded, from fig:ures, shown for that government unless otherwise noted. 

They are, however, included in totals of. War Department procUJ:'ement and, when not indicated separately in tables showing data by recipient country" they are included in an "undistributed" category. 

Purpos.e Glassifications 

The purpose classifications that have been used in this report to indi.cate types 

of lend~lease articles shipped or transferred in terms of dollar values hayebeen bas~.d

on the s>tandard detailed classification that was required by the FEA and its predecessors 

fbr reporting on DDA forms.. The' required classification was' es;tablished soou after the 

Lend-Lease Act was passed and it was' designed to cover lend--leas:e transactions of' all 

lend-lease procuring agencies including the Navy Department" the Department of Agriculture 

and the Maritime Commission as well as the War Department. It was used in some official 

reports to the Gongress on lend-lease operations. 

In presenting War Department data in this report some, of the designations for 

commodity groups have been simplified or otherwise modified and many of the detailed 

classifications have been combined in such a manner that new des'ignations became necessary. The designations used in this report and the required code numbers' and designations 

used in preparing the DDA reports from which the dollar value figures were obtained aTe 

published· in ASF, International Aid Statistics, World War' II, referred' to;. above". pp' 58 and 

59,., 

NUMBER OF ITEMS 

The figurQs pertaining to physical quantities of lend;..Iease items were obtained' 

from the two-volume pUblication "Lend-Lease Shipments, World War III", Jl December 1946 

prepared by Office, Chief of Finance, War Department. This OCF publication was prepared 

from data recorded by International Division,Headquarters ASF and by International Branch, 

Supply Division, Assistant Chief of Air Staff-4, Headquarters, MF. 

The figures pertaining to the quantity of aircraft, spare engines and propellers 

were based on the "Quarterly Report of Lend-Lease Transfers of Aircraft and Spares to 

Beneficiary Governments", UNE-J, submitted to Headquarters, MF by Headquarters, A:i,r Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio •. 
40 LEND.LEASE 

The figures cover direct and commanding general shipments but exclude theater 

transfers and all transfers made after V-J Day. They incorporate revisions in records of 

the International Division, Headquarters, ASF through June 1946 and it is beli.eved· that 

very few changes were made since that date. 6/ The figures were based on shipping documents with the exception of those for the French Forces which include issues per tables of 

organization and equipment applicable to the French Rearmament Program (First Eight Divisions) as well as non-rearmament program shipments. 

Items Selected 

The quantitative data presented in Table LL-14 cover only a small part of the 

total number of different items transferred. The basic OCF publication from which the 

data were extracted contains approximately 540 pages but the subtitle of this report indicates that it is "A summary of important items furnished fore~gn governments • •• ". 

The table covers practically all individual end. items in the OCF pUblication for 

which lend-lease transfers amounted to $1,000,000 or more. The values were computed from 

ASF "Monthly Progress Report, Section 2-G, International Aid", August-September, 1945 

(this was the last issue published and some figures in it differ from those in the OCF 

publication used as a source of Table LL-14 because it contained later revisions). 

For some important categories where application of the~ "1,000,000 or more" 

principle would give almost complete coverage all items were included in order that totals 

for the categories could be shown. Among the major categories for which coverage is considered complete are tanks, self-propelled weapons, trucks, semi-trailers, trailers, aircraft, spare engines and spare propellers. 

No totals are shown for categories for which some of the items have been omitted 

or the figures considered non-additive. For some categories the items omitted represent a 

relatively large part of the ca~egory totals. 

The items for which data are presented, however, are believed to represent 

roughly 65 percent of the dollar value of all Army Air Forces shipments and roughly 55 

percent of the dollar value of all Army Service Forces~shipments. These percentages are 

not necessarily representative of the coverage for individual recipient countries, or 

technical services. 

6/ Most of the information on sources and coverage of quantitative data presented in these 

Explanatory Notes was extracted from the Introduction, Appendix A, and Appendix B of the 

OCF publication referred to above from which the figures were obtained. 
EXPLANATORY NOTES 4] 

Medical items are omitted entirely from Table LL-14 (and from the OCF report) 

because they were numerous and nearly all of them relatively small in aggregate value. 

The items listed are complete end items. That is, combat vehicles include standard weapons and communications equipment and remote-controlled antiaircraft weapons include standard fire control equipment. The nomenclature used throughout is generally more 

detailed than that in the basic source. 

Recipient Foreign Governments 

The figures for individual countries have the same general characteristics as 

the figures on lend-lease dollar values explained above. To save space, however, data for 

all American Republics are shown in a single column and those for other countries that 

received relatively small amounts have also been combined. Data for all countries are 

shown separately in the OCF report from which these figures were compiled. 

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