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destroyers-for-bases deal

a 1940 agreement whereby the United States supplied the United Kingdom with fifty destroyers in exchange for basing rights in Newfoundland and the Caribbean.
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destroyers-for-bases deal

Summary

destroyers-for-bases deal is an agreement[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of agreement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • destroyers-for-bases deal's image is recorded as Wickes class destroyers before transfer to the UK 1940.JPG[3].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's instance of is recorded as agreement[4].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's part of is recorded as United Kingdom–United States relations[5].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's point in time is recorded as +1940-09-02T00:00:00Z[6].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kczj[7].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's signatory is recorded as United States[8].
  • destroyers-for-bases deal's signatory is recorded as United Kingdom[9].

Why It Matters

destroyers-for-bases deal ranks in the top 8% of agreement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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