What was the Marshall Plan?
Q: What was the Marshall Plan?
A: The Marshall Plan was a plan of the United States for rebuilding the allied countries of Europe after World War II.
Q: Why was the Marshall Plan implemented?
A: The Marshall Plan was implemented to help the recovery of the European countries that had joined in the Organization for European Economic Co-operation and to stop communism and the USSR.
Q: Who was the plan named after?
A: The plan was named after Secretary of State George Marshall.
Q: Who worked out the plan?
A: The plan was worked out by other people in the State Department.
Q: How long did the plan run for?
A: The plan ran for four years beginning in April 1948.
Q: How much economic and technical help was given during the plan's period?
A: US$ 13 billion in economic and technical help were given during the plan's period.
Q: What were some historians' opinions on the Marshall Plan?
A: Some historians have said that another reason for the plan was to make the United States stronger, and to make the countries of western Europe need the United States. They also say that the United Nations (UN) Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which helped millions of refugees from 1944 to 1947, also helped the European postwar recovery.
