USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

THE MARSHALL PLAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What award did George Marshall receive in 1953 for his work on the Marshall Plan?
A
Freedom Award
B
Pulitzer Award
C
Nobel Peace Prize
D
Humanitarian Award
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George Marshall won the Peace Prize for a plan aimed at the economic recovery of Western Europe after World War II.

Detailed explanation-2: -George Marshall received his Nobel Peace Prize for 1953 in the auditorium of the University of Oslo on 10 December 1953, from Mr Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, in the presence of Norway’s King Haakon VII.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1953 George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his contributions to the economic rehabilitation of Europe after World War II and his efforts to promote world peace and understanding.

Detailed explanation-4: -In December 1953 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the development of the Marshall Plan and his other contributions to international peace ansd understanding. General Marshall died at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington on 16 October 1959 and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hench. William Faulkner is awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Bertrand Russell the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1950.

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