The states of postwar Europe who survived the fierce fighting of the Second World, in 1947, a number of natural questions.First and foremost they concerned the recovery of victims of cities, economic systems, military demobilization, transfer to a peaceful track industry.Significantly less devastation war brought their transatlantic ally - the United States.However, and here we were their problems that needed to be addressed.Before that, the government was no less acute issue of demobilization and the device private life soldiers.Besides military production had to be rolled up and reclassify him in accordance with the peace conditions.But which markets these products to come true?If the pre-war Europe was an excellent trading partner with solvent citizens, now the continent lay in ruins, and local consumers could hardly provide the necessary demand for imported goods.Recovery was beneficial to all.And the result of the match was the Marshall Plan objectives.Brief as it was called, because it is a set of economic measures proposed by US Secretary of State George Marshall.
essence of the Marshall Plan
first features of the project were discussed in July 1945 at a conference in Paris.Initially, the Marshall Plan and involves the participation of Eastern European States.After the destruction of the main war exactly in the eastern part of Europe.Compared to Warsaw, Krakow, Prague and Brussels and Paris seemed to be just quiet places untouched by the war.However, the eastern edge of Europe has been dependent on the Soviet government.And the leaders of the Soviet Union feared that such assistance will increase US influence on these countries and weaken their popularity in the Socialist Party.Actually, for these reasons, all socialist states took the proud stance and refused to help.It is interesting to note that the Union itself Marshall Plan could not be extended because of the CPSU (b) the budget deficit and denied the existence of any significant problems.By means of a potential opponent refused, opting for shock work.Interestingly, the revival of the Soviet Union did in its pace is not ceded to the European, even if it was produced at the cost of hard work.
The project
Marshall Plan eventually spread to eighteen countries, the UK, the Scandinavian Islands, Western, Southern and Central Europe.This economic program has become one of the most successful (in-kind) in all of human history.For a very short period of time allowed the Marshall Plan to rebuild the destroyed economy of the European states, making the country prosperous and influential players in the global geopolitical arena.With all these benefits should also be noted that the success of the program to a large extent predetermined the dominance of the United States in the Western world.For example, a shining example of this fact is the continued primacy of the state in the military-political block trend established several years later.This unit was NATO.
