'USA ... in the war within 6 weeks'

22nd July 1941: President Roosevelt's Special Envoy, Harry Hopkins, gives an inside view on UK-US relations

Lend-Lease was vital to keeping Britain fighting and remained so throughout the war. A corporal handles several Thompson ‘Tommy’ submachine guns at an ordnance depot in the Midlands following their arrival from the United States of America through the Lend-Lease scheme on 23 March 1942.

The US Special Envoy, Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s personal …