[Gaffer]

In either case of who would rise, the terms of the treaty were not practically viable, and the outcome was predicable.

If you look at the difference between the aftermath of WWI and WWII, the Marshall Plan was a much better investment and wholly more peaceable in the long run.

[RayChuang88]

Europe needed the Marshall Plan because much of Europe's industrial and agricultural infrastructure suffered tremendously from the ravages of World War II. Even Great Britain was still on rationing until the early 1950's due to the need to rebuild so much of the country from the effects of the German World War II bombing raids, especially around the city of London.

Indeed, what became the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) didn't get back to economic growth until the middle 1950's. Indeed, the decision to save Volkswagen proved to be a boon to the German economy as the rebuilt factory in Wolfsburg became a visible symbol of the rebirth of German industrial might.