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the winter of 1946-1947 was the bitterest from several centuries. the weather seriously damaged crops and froze rivers, cutting off water transportations and causing a fuel shortage.
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George Marshall, secretary of the state proposed that the U.S. should provide aid to all European nations that needed it. He believed that this movement wasn't directly against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.
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After four years that the plan was proposed, it made the Europeans revived their hopes. 16 countries recieved $13 billion in aids.
The comunist party had lost much of its appeal to voters, since the Western Eauropeans were flourished.
