Editing Winston Churchill (section)

====Lend-Lease====
In September 1940, the British and American governments concluded the [[destroyers-for-bases deal]], by which 50 American [[destroyer]]s were transferred to the Royal Navy in exchange for free US base rights in [[Bermuda]], the [[Caribbean]] and [[Newfoundland]]. An added advantage for Britain was that its military assets in those bases could be redeployed elsewhere.{{sfn|Neiberg|2004|p=118–119}} Churchill's good relations with President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] helped secure vital food, oil and munitions via the North Atlantic shipping routes.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/content/churchill-offers-toil-and-tears-fdr |first=John |last=Lukacs |title=Churchill Offers Toil and Tears to FDR |journal=American Heritage |date=Spring–Summer 2008 |volume=58 |issue=4 |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008055429/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/churchill-offers-toil-and-tears-fdr |url-status=live}}</ref> It was for this reason that Churchill was relieved when Roosevelt was [[1940 United States presidential election|re-elected in 1940]]. Roosevelt set about implementing a new method of providing necessities to Great Britain, without the need for monetary payment. He persuaded Congress that repayment for this costly service would take the form of defending the US. The policy was known as [[Lend-Lease]] and was formally enacted on 11 March 1941.{{sfn|Jenkins|2001|pp=614–615}}