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George Catlett Marshall As Chief Of Staff
1,183 wordsGeorge Catlett Marshall George Catlett Marshall served as a representative of the public service from 1939 to 1951, proposed the Marshall Plan, and was awarded the Nobel Prize. From 1924 to 1927, Marshall served in China and then successively as instructor in the Army War College in 1927, as assistant commandant of the Infantry School from 1927 to 1936. In 1936, Marshall was appointed commander of the Fifth Infantry Brigade. I July of 1938, Marshall accepted a position with General Staff in Wash...
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Assistance Of The Marshall Plan
526 wordsGeorge C. Marshall was born on December 31, 1880, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1901 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. During World War I he was stationed in France and won acclaim for his direction of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Before the offensive, Marshall was responsible for; the withdrawal of 200,000 men, and replacing them with 600,000 American soldiers, making sure that there were hospitals to treat the sick and wounded, m...
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American Policy Under The Marshall Plan
6,140 wordsBlueprint for Recovery The Situation in Europe A l though 'V-E Day' brought the struggle against Nazi Germany to an end, the peace still had to be won, and this required, above all, the reconstruction of economic and political systems badly damaged by World War II. The Europeans strove mightily to mend the damage. But even as Marshall spoke at Harvard, capital equipment remained hopelessly obsolete or in need of wholesale repair. The depletion of gold and dollar reserves made it difficult to imp...
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Conference Of United Nations
1,299 wordsIt was beneficial for the people of Europe that the us got involved in settling their problems with Germany and Russia. If it was not for the United States Germany could have became a communist country by Russia. This would make the communists to have a strong powerful army that would be hard to defend against if a war broke out. The Yalta Conference was a meeting that took place post World War Two. It was a seven-day operation from February fourth through the eleventh in 1945. Those in attendan...
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Marshall Plan
385 wordsOn June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall spoke at Harvard University and outlined what would become known as the Marshall Plan. Europe (still devastated by World War II) had just survived one of the worst winters on record. The nations of Europe had nothing to sell for hard currency, and the democratic socialist governments in most countries were unwilling to adopt proposals for recovery proposed by economists. Something had to be done to stop the potential spread of communism west...
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Marshall Plan Aid
1,311 wordsAmericans foresaw the battle with global communism as soon as World War Two ended. The Second World War had left many European nations economically and physically devastated either from Nazi occupation or fierce military action. The United States government felt that these conditions were breeding grounds for the spread of communism. But America did not respond to the threat with military action, instead it employed a new weapon in foreign policy, economic aid. The Marshall Plan laid the groundw...
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Court Marshall
537 wordsThurgood Marshall Short Biography (1908-1993) Thurgood Marshall is one of the most well known figures in the history of civil rights in America and the first Black Supreme Court Justices. He served for 24 years then retired in 1991 due to advancing years and bad health. He died later in 1993 at the age of 85. He also served as the legal director for the NAACP in the years of 1940 through 1961, a pivotal time for the organization, as changing the policy of racial segregation was one of its goals....
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