This battle created a energy vacuum lasting almost a decade, adopted by civil wars, transitions to a republic, and finally the institution of a liberal democracy. In December 1940, Roosevelt accused Hitler of planning world conquest and dominated out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to grow to be an "arsenal of democracy" and promoting Lend-Lease programmes of army and humanitarian assist to assist the British warfare effort; Lend-Lease was later prolonged to the oppos...