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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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Fri 4 Jun 2010 10:50GMT

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