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Crediting the US for Germany's post-WWII transition is a bit of a stretch. There were quite a few more players involved.
by FireBeyond 10mo ago
Crediting the US for Germany's post-WWII transition is a bit of a stretch. There were quite a few more players involved.
- antonymoose 10mo agoConsidering the Soviet strategy of stripping assets from the East and the fact that Britain and France were broke and in shambles - yes, the Marshall plan deserves great credit. To this day East German states remain the poorest in the nation.
- UncleMeat 10mo ago[flagged]
- ashtakeaway 10mo ago[flagged]
- pqtyw 10mo agoTo be fair they had kind of started implementing the Morgenthau Plan until they realized that maybe it wasn't the best idea (and the British played a significant role in convincing the US government about that...) 1945 to ~1947 were very rough in Germany even in the allied occupation zones (and that was at least partially an outcome of a conscious decision by the allies to not allow German industry to recover)