US involvement in post war Europe
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- Created on: 19-04-20 06:01
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- Topic 3
- The Marshall Plan
- Aid to be provided in exchange for purchase of American goods
- Countries that excepted aid would join the organization of European Economic cooperation
- $13.5 billion given to European countries in aid
- Majority was given to France
- Tried to prevent economic stagnation to decrease the likelihood of communist parties being elected
- Preserve stability of Western Europe
- The Soviet response
- Rejected Marshal aid and forced all Eastern European countries to reverse their choices
- Cominform was created in retaliation
- Council for mutual economic assistance to establish a socialist economic bloc
- Division of Germany and Berlin
- USA was not willing to relinquish Western Berlin
- USA did not want a unified Germany in fear that it will fall to communism
- Bizonia (USA and UK) was formed on January 1st 1947
- New currency made for western germany
- Stalin saw this as Unilateral
- West Germany was included in the European recovery programme
- The Marshall Plan
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