Russian strongman Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the graves of Soviet soldiers buried at Fort Richardson Memorial Cemetery in Alaska, following private talks with President Donald Trump that lasted about three hours.

The soldiers, pilots, and sailors gave their lives helping ship American supplies to the Soviet Union during World War II under the Lend-Lease program, which dramatically expanded President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ability to spend on supplies for Allied states fighting against Nazi Germany and its partners. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 also greatly benefited Britain, Australia, China, and other parties fighting the Axis powers.

The pilots flying in supplies carried “military hardware such as aircraft, ships, tanks, small arms, machine tools, equipment for building roads and

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