Yeah , it ' s definitely flickering as of 1247 AM EST . A buddy of mine told me he just got an order in . <| sep |> This kinda makes sense to me . At least the part with the metal dick dude and moaning microphone in mouth lady . I got disabled , but sexually repressed vibes from them . <| sep |> Lend Lease might have started before you guys entered the war but it started after the war had already started . For the USSR , it didn ' t start until after Germany had begun Operation Barbarossa obviously . As for the impact , the program gave around 11 billion dollars to the USSR in forms of various goods . The vast majority of the program ' s goods went to Britain though . People here tend to either fall on one side of the argument either lendlease was useless for the USSR or it was the only reason they survived . In truth , it was important but overstating it is a bad idea . The battle of Stalingrad took place from the latter half of the first protocol to the beginning of the second protocol . Remember that the Persian Corridor wasn ' t even operational until the battle of Stalingrad had already started . The Pacific transportation route which would eventually account for most of the supplies from lendlease started operation before the US entered the war , but after entering the war , transportation of equipment would have to depend on Soviet transports , not US transports because of AmericanJapanese hostilities . So yes , the LendLease was important . At the time of the darkest hour for the Russians though , in the Battle of Stalingrad ? It would be a gross exaggeration to call it pivotal or even a majority of the reason why the Soviets could continue fighting . I would argue that the LendLease program was a large reason why the USSR was able to win various advantages from the war , and expand their influence in Eastern Europe . Protecting from Germany though ? With the Western distraction and the failings of the Germans at Stalingrad , I highly doubt that LendLease was the reason why the USSR survived and successfully defended their homeland .