Title: Marshall Plan: The US funded rebuild of Europe after World War II
Headings: Marshall Plan: The US funded rebuild of Europe after World War II
Marshall Plan: The US funded rebuild of Europe after World War II
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Marshall Plan: The US funded rebuild of Europe after World War II
December 25, 2017 Unusual Interesting History 0
The Marshall Plan, officially called the European Recovery Program and named after U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, was a plan used by the United States of America to help fund the rebuild of the economies of Europe after World War II and stop the spread of Communism. After the end of World War II much of Europe was in ruins. Many cities, transport infrastructure, and industries had been completely destroyed due to bombing. Millions of people had become refugees and there were severe food shortages all over Europe. Although the Allies had won the War, it came at a great cost and the economy of every country in Europe was devastated. George Marshall
The United States did not want another war between European countries. They also did not want Communism to spread from the USSR. The American government, who had limited home front damage to rebuild and still had a wealthy economy decided the best solution to this threat would be to make Europe rich again so there would be no interest in the ideology of Communism, and also to make these countries politically stable and interconnected so there would be no threat of war again.