European Recovery Program

American  

noun

1. a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II, proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947 and implemented in 1948 under the Economic Cooperation Administration. ERP, E.R.P.

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Example Sentences

Marshall introduced what was called the European Recovery Program on June 5, 1947, at Harvard University.

From Washington Post

What about George C. Marshall, whose European Recovery Program rebuilt the western part of that war-torn continent?

From New York Times

General George Marshall, wartime hero and former army chief of staff, became US secretary of state and the leading author of a “European Recovery Program”.

From The Guardian

An admiring contemporary spoke of Paul G. Hoffman, the director of the European Recovery Program, as "the kind of man who if tossed through the air would always pick out the right trapeze."

From Project Gutenberg