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Bettmann/Getty Images. The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was...
This column, part of a Vox debate on WWII, lays out three factors that made this paradox possible: the strong foundations of economic recovery in Western Europe, vital support for the reconstruction of European trade and cooperation, and Allied support for the revival of the German economy.
Marshall’s speech called on European nations to work with each other and the United States on economic recovery, rather than to simply receive an injection of financial aid to rebuild Europe. In return, it was believed democracy as well as peace and prosperity would flourish worldwide.
The Marshall Plan, officially known as the European Recovery Program, was a groundbreaking initiative that played a pivotal role in the post-World War II reconstruction of war-ravaged Europe.
The reconstruction of Germany was a long process of rebuilding Germany after the destruction endured during World War II. Germany suffered heavy losses during the war, both in lives and industrial power.
The Marshall Plan was a massive program of aid from the United States to sixteen western and southern European countries, aimed at helping economic renewal and strengthening democracy after the devastation of World War II.
Addressing the grand theme of European recovery after the Second World War, Ruin and Renewal focuses on the concept of ‘civilization’ in order to discuss not just the physical reconstruction, but also the cultural and mental renewal of the old continent after 1945.
In February 1945, when they were confident of an Allied victory, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Stalin met near Yalta, Crimea, to discuss the reorganization of post-WWII Europe. Each country’s leader had his own set of ideas for rebuilding and re-establishing order in the war-torn continent.
Domestically, many people’s first instinct after World War II was to return to normal: to restore law and order after the euphoric anarchy of liberation; to repatriate prisoners and demobilize soldiers; to reopen the bombed Teatro alla Scala, Milan, and have Arturo Toscanini conduct there again; and to bring back long dresses with Christian ...
In June 1947, General George C. Marshall, the Secretary of State announced a plan to give massive amounts of aid to war torn countries for reconstruction, and buy materials and food. The Marshall Plan, as it became known, closely involved the states that received aid.