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June 5, 1947 Marshal Plan is Announced


The goal of the Marshall Plan was to revive Europe. At first look giving European nations $20 billion seams like a horrible
idea economically for the United States, but the money given would not only be given to the European nations but it would quickly
be pumped back into the United States as the European nations would use the money to purchase goods and survises provided
by the United states, and these things would have to be shipped by United States merchant vessels.

On June 5, 1947 at Harvard University Marshall Plan, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall made the plan known the
plan wasn't as simple as give the money over there were guide lines that the European nations had to follow in order to receive
the money. They had to work together to create a plan on how to use this money to help revive the nations, which was the overall
goal the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Union was apart of this plan but declined the offer on the fact that Stalin regard it as a trap.

The plan was put into action and six years latter the plan had been long in effect already pumping $13 billion into European
nations. The plan did indeed help in the rejuvenation of the European Nations, Marshall Plan was able to the European Nations,
the U.S. and helped stop the spread of communism.


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This image shows how the multibillion dollars that the U.S. gave to aid European Nations was distributed.




Marshall Plan 60th Anniversary - VOA Story




This video is a 60th anniversary video further explaining the goals of the Marshall Plan and explains how the plan was very effective in bringing hope and its positive effect on "moral" of those living in theses European Nations.