• War Against Communism
• Policy of Containment
1. Help the smaller countries resist soviet/communist advances.
2. Wanted to stop the spread of communism
• Ex: Sending money, arms, and generals to South
Vietnam to fight against the Northern communists (Ho Chi
Minh)

• After WWII, Truman wanted to make sure a communist country never had the chance to cause as much damage as
Germany did in WWII.
• Asked congress for economic aid to
Turkey and Greece to support his new
Doctrine…

• Dedicated to uplifting anticommunist regimes around the world.
• Many US citizens did not want to US to continue fighting Communism around the world
• Others did not want to interfere in other countries affairs
• Congress, however, quickly approved $400 million worth of aid

• After WWII not only were there communism issues spreading throughout the world but poverty as well .
• In Western Europe many of the cities were in shambles.
There was a shortage of jobs as well as food.
• Main Question:
– How can the U.S. help ?

• George Marshall was the U.S.
Secretary of State
• Wanted to help those in Western
Europe who are living without shelter, jobs, and food.

• An assistance program to help rebuild
Western Europe.
– Would provide food and machinery
– 12.5 billion dollar program in 1948
– Any country left in shambles that was not communist received aid from the U.S.

1948-195: Countries who received aid from the Marshall Plan
• Great Britain
• France
• Italy
• West Germany
• Holland
• Austria
• Belgium
• Greece
• Denmark
• Norway
• Turkey
• Ireland
• Sweden
• Portugal
• Yugoslavia
• Iceland
• A Few More