The impact of the Marshall Plan

• America provided economic aid to war-torn countries in Europe to prevent the spread of communism
• America offered aid to Eastern European countries, but none accepted
• The Soviets described the American aid as 'dollar Imperialism'
• The Marshall Plan tied Western European countries into supporting the USA, and when Stalin set up his own economic plan in response, Comecon, it divided Europe clearly into two economic camps
• Over time, the Marshall Plan contributed to Western European economies becoming much stronger than Eastern European ones
• Between 1948 and 1952, America gave $12.7 billion of aid to Western Europe