Lumifer comments on Non-standard politics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 27 October 2014 02:56:07PM 2 points [-]

The Marshall Plan was not Germany-specific, it provided money for rebuilding of the entire Western Europe. It also coexisted with severe restrictions on German economy during the first post-war years, e.g.:

Even while the Marshall Plan was being implemented, the dismantling of German industry continued ... The first "level of industry" plan, signed by the Allies on March 29, 1946, had stated that German heavy industry was to be lowered to 50% of its 1938 levels by the destruction of 1,500 listed manufacturing plants.