How did the Marshall Plan influence the later creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
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Correct answer: It gave European nations the economic stability needed to fund their own defense
Economic recovery was a prerequisite for military security. Once the European economies began to stabilize under the Marshall Plan, the psychological and financial groundwork was laid for a formal military alliance in 1949.
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