The Rise and Fall of the Morgenthau Plan

Exploring the origins, opposition, and ultimate abandonment of the post-war Morgenthau Plan to dismantle Germany, and the subsequent shift towards rebuilding efforts like the Marshall Plan amidst the Cold War era.

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In September 1944, despite over half a year still remaining in World War II, the Allies began preparing for an eventual post-war world.

One of the biggest questions being discussed was what to do with Germany. After two world wars with Germany in just a quarter century, no one wanted a third.

One American official developed a plan that would basically destroy Germany as a modern country to prevent them from ever making war again.

Learn more about the Morgenthau Plan and the attempt to destroy Germany on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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