The Marshall Plan was a US programme that provided roughly 13.3 billion dollars to 16 European countries from 1948 to 1951, mostly as grants. Marshall proposed…
The CRS counts roughly 13.3 billion dollars provided, over 90 percent as grants. The UK got the most, then France, Italy and West Germany.
He received the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo and dedicated the honour to the American people.
The Mutual Security Act of 10 October 1951 replaced the ECA. Sources date the end to 30 or 31 December 1951, ahead of the June 1952 schedule.
Truman signed the Economic Cooperation Act on 3 April 1948, authorising 17 billion dollars over four years and creating the ECA.
Molotov ended the Paris talks on 2 July and refused participation, and Moscow pressed Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary to stay away.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall asked Europeans to agree their needs together and said the United States would help.
Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars for Greece and Turkey and pledged support for free peoples resisting subjugation.
Cities, transport and farms were damaged, and millions faced shortages of food, fuel and housing.
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