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The Marshall Plan
Sixty years ago, the American secretary of state, General George C Marshall, unveiled a huge rescue plan for a Europe devastated by the Second World War. Louise Hidalgo reports.
Sixty years ago, the American secretary of state, General George C Marshall, unveiled a huge rescue plan for a Europe devastated by the Second World War.
As well as financial destruction, Europe was also in a moral collapse - could Stalin's Russia offer an alternative ideology - and economic recovery that could combat Germany's financial woes?
Louise Hidalgo reports on how the Marshall Plan was crafted and received in the US and Europe.
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