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Bookmark or Share- The Morgenthau Plan for post-war Germany (1944) - Alpha HistoryIn September 1944, the United States government received a series of recommendations from Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jnr. Formally titled "Suggested post-surrender program for Germany" but dubbed the Morgenthau Plan, it contained a proposed strategy for managing post-war Germany.
- The Morgenthau Plan Would Have Resulted In the Deaths of 25 Million GermansUnder the Morgenthau Plan, the Allies would remove all factories and equipment from the area within six months of the war’s end and destroy those that couldn’t be removed. As for those who lived there, they’d be encouraged to move elsewhere if they had any form of industrial training.
- Morgenthau Plan - WikipediaThe Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and removing or destroying other key industries basic to military strength. This included the removal or destruction of all industrial plants and equipment in the Ruhr.
- Henry Morgenthau | Holocaust EncyclopediaThe Morgenthau Plan. In 1944, the same year that the War Refugee Board was established, Morgenthau devised a plan for the occupation of Germany, known as the Morgenthau Plan. The Plan advocated harsh measures to ensure Germany could not go to war again.
- Morgenthau Plan – HISTORY HEISTStated in its simplest terms, the objective of the Morgenthau Plan was to de-industrialize Germany and diminish its people to a pastoral existence once the war was won. If this could be accomplished, the militaristic Germans would never rise again to threaten the peace of the world.
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