Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - The Marshall Plan

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On April 3 1948 US President Truman signed into law a plan to spend millions of dollars on rebuilding post-war Europe. The Marshall Plan was meant to save the continent from collapse and communist takeover.

Photo: Officials at the Royal Victoria Dock in London welcome the first shipment of Caribbean sugar made under the Marshall Plan for Europe. (Photo by Edward Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

Published on Friday, 3rd April 2015.

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