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which of these agreements gave outdated american destroyers to great britain in exchange for permission to build american naval bases on islands and colonies owned by great britain?

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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.

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