WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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To feed the starving of Eastern Europe and prevent communism
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To give aid to the areas of Europe damaged by the communists
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To rebuild war-torn Europe and prevent the spread of communism
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To give the president more power to find communist spies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Marshall Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive in the aftermath of World War II. It was formally called the European Recovery Program.
Detailed explanation-2: -It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after World War II and secure US geopolitical influence over Western Europe. To combat the effects of the Marshall Plan, the USSR developed its own economic recovery program, known as the Molotov Plan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Marshall Plan (from its enactment, officially the European Recovery Program (ERP)) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding the allied countries of Europe and repelling communism after World War II.