The Cold War: The Marshall Plan - Episode 9

In this video, we look at the Marshall Plan which was implemented in Europe as a way of consolidating US power in the west. After a negative review of Europe by both Clayton and Acheson, the Marshall Plan was seen as an essential means of preventing communism in all of Europe.
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What was the impact of the Marshall Plan on the French or British society though?

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just improved economy

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@@finlaywest8090 I meant culturally. I know it was an economic and financial success.

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@@PappyMandarine Influencing government to adopt more American leaning ideals and policies, in exchange for further funding, economic development, and security probably.

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The article in a paper called "Common Sense" exposed the fact that one Katz, Marshall Plan Administrator, presided over the most of the Marshall Plan material to Communist countries, instead of sending it to the non-Communist countries for which Congress had designated it. To honor Marshall for his service to the Communist countries and their cause, the plan to continue aid to the Communist countries surreptitiously had been drawn up and named for him. At the end of World War II, Lend Lease Aid to Russia and other Communist countries ended. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, an unregistered agent for nine Communist countries through his law firm of Covington, Burling, and Acheson, (one of whose partners was Donald Hiss, brother to Alger Hiss) had tried to force a four billion loan to the new Communist regime of Poland. When Patriots in Congress turned this down, the Marshall Plan was formulated. Ostensibly earmarked for Greece, Italy, and other non-Communist countries, most of the Marshall Plan material was either distributed directly to Communist organizers in those countries, who used the aid as the basis for building up the Communist Party, or trans-shipped directly through those countries to Yugoslavia, and on to Poland and Russia. It was Tito’s attempt to keep much of this material, particularly heavy trucks, which caused the break between him and Stalin. However, neither of them dared to publicly argue the point, as it would have exposed the fact that Marshall Plan Aid was going to the Communists. Book: The World Conquerors by Louise Marshalko.

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The article is inaccurate. bureaucrat Marshal (not to be confused with General Marshall) wanted to be remembered as the bureaucrat who had diverted food aid originally meant for nuked cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to feed people of European national origin of Berlin, who were being already fed by Soviet Union through a food program and Soviet food stamp program for undetected Berliners. By the time the blockade had started, in 1949, the Soviet Union had already been feeding the local population of Berlin for nearly four years. Like America, the Soviet Union was the bread basket & food basket of Europe. They could easily feed 5 million POW's (POW = prisoner of war). Germany had surrendered in may 1945. Even Germans were dancing ballroom dances with Soviet officers in town halls and on the streets and in town in many towns except Berlin. It becomes the duty of the ruling party or ideology or country to feed the local population: There were atleast a couple of incidents which made the key decision makers to never re- start a war or think in those lines: Some historical documentary of the Berlin blockade in black& white that I had seen in the Boston area in about 1987 either in the history channel or National geographic or a similar channel in the late 1980's clarified that : 1) The Soviets were Distributing a Soviet new food stamps in order to alleviate hidden hunger to quickly distribute food among the the hungry residents of Berlin. The Russian leadership claimed that with this new food stamp program they introduce will win the hearts and minds of the Germans in Berlin. Western officials allowed in requested the Berliners to turn down the food stamps even if they go hungry, as Berliners may be possibly be brainwashed into thinking that communism is a good concept. 2) The soviets had introduced a new currency in East Germany including Berlin, so that local Berliners and East Germans get paid every time they do work for eight hours or four hours or whatever accordingly. Western officials living in the Soviet Zone were allowed into Berlin and East Germany, but they asked East Germans and Berliners to revolt and to burn those currencies., until the Soviets asked them to leave. Moscow asked the westerners to leave Berlin around 1948 or 1949 because of the above two reasons among other reasons. This explanation pacified the American officials and more importantly, the American president. When these westerners who were living in the Soviet Zone of Berlin finally left, these same western officials were the first to defend Moscow, saying they the food stamps program for hungry Berliners and the new Eat German Deutchmark currency program weren't necessarily bad for locals of Berlin, as Berliners will get aid if they work in a bakery or in the new East German police force and the like. War was never imminent. in post ww2 Berlin. Communists believe in taxing 70 percent of the new yearly income of billionaires, and they believe in distributing the money taxed from the rich among the lowest 10 percent of the population. How did their food stamps work? suppose a Soviet soldier calls to say that there are 10 hungry children in the neighborhood of his place of duty in Reuterkiez, the soldier calls his officer, "Sir i need 10 food stamps for 10 hungry German children at my place of duty. I just gave away my lunch to one of the children. " The soviet soldier may say, "This is Private Stan Pushkin. Can you send 10 packed lunches for me to hand over to 10 hungry children in my neighborhood of Berlin called Reuter kiez."

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