Question

What was the major purpose of the Marshall Plan?

Answer 1

After WW2, The US gave $13 billion ($130 billion in todays value) to Western Europe to help rebuild. So it was to help the allies rebuild, essentially.

Answer 2

It was to help rebuild those countries in Western Europe affected by the Second World War.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Marshall plan was an initiative of the United States initiated in 1948 that was intended to help rebuild those countries in Western Europe affected by the Second World War with a donation of money.

Although 18 countries in Europe were beneficiaries of the Marshal Plan, the countries considered at that time as major industrial powers received more money, with the United Kingdom being first, followed by France and Germany.