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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
North America was producing enough food that the US was able to supply food to the Soviet Union as part of the aid it sent.
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Apparently they fed upwards of one million Soviets. Not that the Soviet leadership would publicly acknowledge it was going a long way towards keeping them in the fight.
Another issue which isn't widely known is US infrastructure was cannibalised to support other countries - several electrical generators in the LA area were removed and shipped to the USSR as part of lend lease, the shortfall in local electrical production made up by other generators across the country. Just goes to show that not everything sent was new - a percentage was second hand and it's removal simply reduced the over capacity in some areas.
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