Soviet soldiers and their lend-lease Jeep, somewhere in ex Czechoslovakia, May 1945. As soon as Hitler attacked the Soviet Union both Britain (and later America) provided, Free-of-Charge, huge quantities of weapons, trucks and tanks to the Russians. Among the most valued were the Willys and Ford-built Jeeps which arrived by the hundreds and were immediately put into action. In total, the U.S. deliveries to the USSR through Lend-Lease amounted to $11 billion in materials: over 400,000 jeeps and trucks; 12,000 armored vehicles (including 7,000 tanks, about 1,386 of which were M3 Lees and 4,102 M4 Shermans); 11,400 aircraft (4,719 of which were Bell P-39 Airacobras) and 1.75 million tons of food.
Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease
https://www.kingandcountry.com/lend-lease-russian-jeep-p-5572.html
https://ww2jeep.gportal.hu/gindex.php?pg=4236629&gid=465399&fbclid=IwAR1SnCaUyz5YkZrBiCEiAR2A3dhRjMAgGp5PNTBdyqLVWiTS29aXIP_CQ-w
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