Morgenthau Plan

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The Morgenthau Plan was a controversial World War II-era proposal to deindustrialize Germany and transform it into a primarily agrarian society to prevent it from ever again becoming a military threat.

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instanceOf World War II-era proposal ⓘ
economic policy proposal ⓘ
postwar plan ⓘ
accusedOf seeking the pastoralization of Germany ⓘ
aimedToTransform Germany into an agrarian society ⓘ
appliesTo Germany ⓘ
archivedIn United States National Archives ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
countryOfProposer United States ⓘ
criticizedBy Cordell Hull ⓘ
Herbert Hoover ⓘ
many postwar historians ⓘ
documentForm memorandum ⓘ
draftDate 1944 ⓘ
field international relations ⓘ
postwar reconstruction policy ⓘ
historicalAssessment largely rejected in practice ⓘ
includedMeasure conversion of industrial regions to agricultural use ⓘ
dismantling of German heavy industry ⓘ
international control of the Ruhr area ⓘ
partition of Germany into smaller states ⓘ
influenced early U.S. occupation policy in Germany ⓘ
influenceDeclined with adoption of the Marshall Plan ⓘ
initiallySupportedBy Winston Churchill ⓘ
intendedEffect limitation of German war-making potential ⓘ
reduction of German industrial capacity ⓘ
languageUsedInDebate pastoralization of Germany ⓘ
leakConsequence Nazi propaganda exploitation ⓘ
leakedTo American press ⓘ
mainGoal deindustrialization of Germany ⓘ
prevention of future German military aggression ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
opposedBy United States State Department ⓘ
United States War Department ⓘ
many American military leaders ⓘ
many British officials ⓘ
policyType punitive peace plan ⓘ
positionHeldByProposer United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
presentedAt Second Quebec Conference ⓘ
presentedTo Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
proposedBy Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
reasonForControversy harsh treatment of postwar Germany ⓘ
potential humanitarian consequences ⓘ
risk of economic collapse in Germany ⓘ
replacedBy Marshall Plan ⓘ
supportedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedIn Nazi propaganda to stiffen German resistance ⓘ

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Henry Morgenthau Jr. → notableIdea → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
Henry Morgenthau Jr. → notableWork → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgenthau
Morgenthau → hasNotableConceptAssociated → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
Germany is Our Problem → proposedPolicy → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
Germany is Our Problem → relatedWork → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
Quebec Conference (1944) → topic → Morgenthau Plan ⓘ
Quebec Conference (1944) → relatedDocument → Morgenthau Plan memorandum ⓘ
linked to: Morgenthau Plan
Henry Morgenthau Jr. → notableFor → Morgenthau Plan for postwar Germany ⓘ
subject linked to: Morgenthau family
linked to: Morgenthau Plan