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World War II: The Marshall Plan

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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. It was started in 1948 and was officially known as the European Recovery Program, or ERP, but is more commonly known as the Marshall Plan.At the end of World War II, the United States embarked upon an ambitious effort to rebuild the shattered European economy. Officially known as the European Recovery Program, it was then and is now better known as the Marshall Plan, after its originator, the noted American military leader and statesman, George C. Marshall. The fate of the Marshall Plan in Europe was determined by the reaction

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