Main content
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.
Last on
Fri 4 Jun 2010
10:50GMT
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
More episodes
Previous
Broadcasts
- Fri 4 Jun 2010 04:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Fri 4 Jun 2010 07:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Fri 4 Jun 2010 10:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
Podcast
-
Witness History
History as told by the people who were there