Economic Transitions for the European States After 1945
The greatest challenge for Germany after World War II was economics. Nothing remained of Germany except rubble and graves. It was impossible for the Germans go get food and clean drinking water. It was even more impossible for the Germans to find paying jobs. In addition to this Germany also had on its hands four million refugees and prisoners to feed that it did not have in 1939. In 1939 Germany could only produce 70 to 85 percent of its food now …showed first 85 words of 996 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 996 total…Europe. The Marshall Plan helped the Austrian government build roads, dams, and heavy industry. They bought back their oil fields and the Danube Shipping Company. After this Austria’s economy flourished.
In conclusion, after World War II practically all of Europe was devastated. All of the European countries had one thing on their mind and that was to get their economy jump started so they could start providing for themselves. The Marshall Plan was a major help to the European countries in reaching this goal.
