How the Marshall Plan Worked

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 April 2009

⏱️ 14 minutes

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During a Harvard commencement speech, Secretary of State George Marshall outlined a plan to assist Europe after World War II. Listen in and learn how this 12 minute speech changed the future of Europe in this HowStuffWorks.com podcast.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.9	I'm editor-candys Keener joined by staff writer Jane McGraw.
0:48.3	Hey there, hey Jane, I think in today's society it wouldn't be so crazy if the government
0:54.8	issued a statement and said,
0:56.4	a lot of our friends are in financial distress.
0:59.9	And we're going to give them a whole bunch of money to bail them out and make it better.
1:03.2	It seems pretty familiar today, but something exactly like that happened right after World War II.
1:08.7	Yeah, and ironically enough, we know that today Europe's economy is doing,
1:13.3	I think, a hair better than ours.
1:14.9	We know at least that their unit of currency has a little bit more punch than the American dollar.
1:20.3	But after World War II ended in 1945,
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