<P> The Marshall Plan ( officially the European Recovery Program , ERP ) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe , in which the United States gave over $13 billion ( nearly $110 billion in 2016 US dollars ) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II . The plan was in operation for four years beginning on April 3 , 1948 . The goals of the United States were to rebuild war - torn regions , remove trade barriers , modernize industry , improve European prosperity , and prevent the spread of Communism . The Marshall Plan required a lessening of interstate barriers , a dropping of many regulations , and encouraged an increase in productivity , trade union membership , as well as the adoption of modern business procedures . </P>
<P> The Marshall Plan ( officially the European Recovery Program , ERP ) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe , in which the United States gave over $13 billion ( nearly $110 billion in 2016 US dollars ) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II . The plan was in operation for four years beginning on April 3 , 1948 . The goals of the United States were to rebuild war - torn regions , remove trade barriers , modernize industry , improve European prosperity , and prevent the spread of Communism . The Marshall Plan required a lessening of interstate barriers , a dropping of many regulations , and encouraged an increase in productivity , trade union membership , as well as the adoption of modern business procedures . </P>
after world war 2 the us planned to stop the spread of communism with the
after world war 2 the us planned to stop the spread of communism with the
The Marshall Plan ( officially the European Recovery Program , ERP )
The Marshall Plan ( officially the European Recovery Program , ERP )