Marshall plan
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- USA's involvement in Europe (Marshall plan)
- Origins of the Marshall Plan
- 1947 George Marshall travelled through Europe
- He was shocked by the level of post war devastation
- concluded aid was need to help Europe recover
- All European nations were eligible to apply
- Churchill described the plan as the most unselfish act in history
- $13billion give by 1852
- Plan accelerated the economic recovery of W Europe and stabilized Western zones in Germany
- All European nations were eligible to apply
- concluded aid was need to help Europe recover
- He was shocked by the level of post war devastation
- 1947 George Marshall travelled through Europe
- Motivations behind the MP
- Concerns without economic recovery in Europe, the USA would enter recession
- There was a decline in domestic demand after the war.
- Europe under communism would be unable to serve the a market for US goods
- Americans also believed that with economic desperation communism was likely to flourish.
- Fear that the Italian communists would win the elections in Spring 1948
- Suggested the MP was part of containment
- The conditions attached to the MP, would be refused by the Russians
- These included opening up of economic markets and producing transparent economic records
- The US hoped that E European countries might accept and this could drive a wedge between the satellite states and the USSR
- Any remaining opposition to the MP in congress crumbles after the coup in Czech (1948) seen as the last powerhouse of democracy in eastern Europe
- Until the coup, the Czechs had been expressing an interest in taking up the plan
- ASK WHY!
- Any remaining opposition to the MP in congress crumbles after the coup in Czech (1948) seen as the last powerhouse of democracy in eastern Europe
- The US hoped that E European countries might accept and this could drive a wedge between the satellite states and the USSR
- These included opening up of economic markets and producing transparent economic records
- Concerns without economic recovery in Europe, the USA would enter recession
- Soviet reactions to MP
- Stalin rejected the plan
- Molotov branded the plan as dollar imperialism
- Which would give US the power to determine diplomatic and internal politics through economic leverage
- The condtiions attached would mean the USSR would have to make fundamental changes to domestic policies
- USSR tightened its grip over Eastern Europe
- The condtiions attached would mean the USSR would have to make fundamental changes to domestic policies
- Which would give US the power to determine diplomatic and internal politics through economic leverage
- Molotov branded the plan as dollar imperialism
- Attempted to thwart the plan
- Com inform established 1947
- circulate propaganda and coordinate other communist parties to try to obstruct their elected govt
- France encouraged tarde unions to strike to frustrate the MP
- Comecon establishedin 1949
- Created t6o forge economic cooperation between the socialists states
- Com inform established 1947
- Stalin rejected the plan
- Origins of the Marshall Plan
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