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The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent.
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The Marshall Plan had one other great effect on West Europe's evolution over the past four decades: It encouraged the economic integration that led, first, to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community among six nations -- Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands -- in 1950
