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onsdag, april 03, 2013

The Marshall Plan

 

April 3, 1948

Truman Signs Marshall Plan


 
U.S. Army Center of Military HistoryThe Marshall Plan was named for Gen. George Marshall, pictured here.
 
On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries. In signing the plan, officially called the Economic Recovery Program, Truman declared, “This measure is America’s answer to the challenge facing the free world.”

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