Cold War - Greece after WWII - Marshall Aid

One of the countries most in need of help was Greece -- devastated by the Nazi occupation and years of civil war.

In the north, government troops still hunted out communist guerrillas.

Interview: James Warren, Marshall Plan, Greece

"Greece of course emerged from the war in a terrible state. Probably 2,000 of the nation's villages had been raided ... burnt to the ground by the reprisal raids of the Nazis. The consequence of the civil war was to add to that terribly shredded kind of social fabric."

Narration: During the four years of the Marshall Plan, Greece received nearly $700 million of economic assistance. Young Americans were thrust into positions of heavy responsibility.

Interview: James Warren, Marshall Plan, Greece

"I was the youngest member of the Marshall Plan mission in Greece. I arrived there at the age of 23, and to my astonishment a year later at age 24 there I was in charge of the Greek import program. The range of projects which we engaged in were all over the map and all over every single sector of the economy. And one could say that America fed and fueled and clothed the Greek nation."

[kallumshellings]

Poland stopped Russia from truly correcting Germans. because of them we suffer at the hands of ignorant fanatics that really need education. blondes are bad ppl. look at Sweden no go zones. Russians know this and know how to handle them. be aware of coloured eyes ppl. snakes in the grass.

[andrewkoulouris]

Of all the people they could have the interviewed mules to talk about mules. Go figure.