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The resulting policies from the league of nations after WW1 directly contributed to the rise of Germany as the main antagonist of the European theater of WW2.
by zdragnar 5y ago
The resulting policies from the league of nations after WW1 directly contributed to the rise of Germany as the main antagonist of the European theater of WW2.
In that context, the Marshall Plan was a complete reversal of policy, and saw the rise of allies out of the ashes. It should be small wonder, then, that the Marshall Plan gets the credit for averting future war. Certainly it was not panacea, but that is no reason to ignore the effect entirely.
- panick21_ 5y agoWhat if I told you, the US invested more in Germany after WW1 then after WW2. And again, I didn't say it was bad, but Americans have a majority overinflated view of the Marshall Plan that simply doesn't line up with reality.
- zdragnar 5y agoI would say that the US rejected both the Treaty of Versailles and league of nations, and the American contribution to post WW1 Germany couldn't undo the billions in reparations that Germany was compelled to pay after the war. The whole point of the Marshall plan was to rehabilitate their economies under representative governments - it would have failed equally badly after WW2 had the same crippling punishments been applied as after WW1. We have tried propping up governments and economies since, and many of the efforts have failed because the governments were either corrupt or unable to foster a culture of peaceful representation of the populace- evidence in support of the point we both agree on, at least, that the Marshall plan didn't succeed in a vacuum.