During World War II, many countries had been suffering the fire of war until the Allies won the eventual victory. Nevertheless, another difficulty came. How did those countries that involved in World War II recover from the destruction of the war? Because they had invested a great amount of capital into the war, they did not have enough money to rebuild the ruined homeland. In fact, they could even hardly support their lives by themselves. The economy of defeated nations was far worse than that of any other European countries on account of the currency depreciation and the inflation brought by the failure in World War II. On the other hand, the communist influence of the Soviet Union was rising and spreading from the east of Europe gradually. At the same time, the United States had excess commodities produced under the New Deal and was desperately looking for market to sell. As a result, aiding Europe was good for both Europe and America. In addition, the United States was trying to scotch the influence of the Soviet Union spreading in the east of Europe while aiding Europe with Marshall Plan. Western European countries agreed to receive the aid of America, so American government provided them not cash but credit to purchase commodities, equipment, and machine tools in the United States. Until June 30, 1952, when was the end of Marshall Plan, the United States had appropriated 13 billion dollar in total to Western Europe and other countries willing to accept the help of America.
Of these European and part of Asian countries, the United States was concerned about Greece and Turkey. During World War II, there was a civil war in Greece. The Democratic Army of Greece opposed British government because it intended to restore Greece back to the old regime before World War II in order to keep benefit in Greece for itself. To suppress the Democratic Army of Greece, British government supported Hellenic Army to fight back.
