The Marsall Plan

The Marshall Plan is the program, proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947, under which the Unites States supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War 2. It was directed against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. The Marshall Plan revived European hopes. With the help of the marshall plan 16 countries received some $13 billion in aid. By 1952, Western Europe was flourishing, and the Communist party had lost much of its appeal to voters. It was directed against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.