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What did the morgenthau plan say? in easy words, please

2007-03-27 09:07:14 · 3 answers · asked by rockhard livefast 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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No, he didn't.

2007-03-27 10:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Morgenthau Plan was a plan for the occupation of Germany after the Second World War that advocated harsh measures intended to prevent Germany from waging war again.

In the original proposal this was to be achieved in three main steps.

Germany was to be partitioned into two independent states.
Germany's main centers of mining and industry, including the Saar area, the Ruhr area and Upper Silesia were to be Internationalized or annexed by neighboring nations.
All heavy industry was to be dismantled or otherwise destroyed.
American Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. proposed the plan.

Here is some interesting reading.....


http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/Morgenthau.html

http://www.ety.com/berlin/morgthau.htm

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v09/v09p287_Kubek.html


http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=907

http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/histcourse/powers/text/s1lafea.htm

2007-03-27 09:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 0 0

Wikipedia has a good article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthau_Plan

In general, it was a plan for dividing up Germany after World War II. Henry Morgenthau was the Secretary of the Treasury under President Roosevelt.
His plan called for removing most of Germany's major industry, to prevent it from becoming a military threat to Europe again. While some parts of the plan were used during the occupation of Germany, it was never fully enacted by President Truman. Roosevelt died before the war ended.

2007-03-27 09:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0 0

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