The US government was sympathetic to Britain's plight, but US public opinion then overwhelmingly supported isolationism to avoid involvement in "another European war". The British Chiefs of Staff Committee concluded in May that if France collapsed, "we do not think we could continue the war with any chance of success" without "full economic and financial support" from the United States.
The British and their Commonwealth and empire stood alone in warfare against Hitler and Mussolini. Background īy late June 1940, France had surrendered to Germany and Italy. However, he came under heavy attack from antiwar Americans, who pointed out that the agreement violated the Neutrality Acts. US President Franklin Roosevelt used an executive agreement, which does not require congressional approval. Generally referred to as the "twelve hundred-ton type" (also known as "flush-deck", or "four-pipers" after their four funnels), the destroyers became the British Town class and were named after towns common to both countries.
The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on September 2, 1940, according to which 50 Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the US Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions. Leased destroyers sailing into British port, October 1940
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