PEACE: George C. Marshall 1953 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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Bronze statue of George C. Marshall, an American statesman and soldier, who won the Peace Prize in 1953 for a plan aimed at the economic recovery of Western Europe after WW II. The statue can be found in western part of Garmisch-Parterkirchen.
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Date Posted: 03/16/2017
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George Marshall won the Peace Prize for a plan aimed at the economic recovery of Western Europe after World War II. He received the prize mainly for his role as the originator of "Marshall Plan", Delegate U.N., ex-Secretary of State and of Defense and General President American Red Cross.
The bronze statue statue of George C. Marshall was dedicated at the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on April 30th, 1998. Jointly sponsored by the George C. Marshall Center, the private organization called the Friends of the Marshall Center, and the City of Garmisch, the work of art is the first known public statue of Marshall erected in Europe. The larger-than-life statue originally depicted General George C. Marshall in U.S. Army general's uniform striding out into the community, walking east over a bridge with his hand outstretched in friendship - through a parting iron curtain, past walls that have been broken down. German artist, Christiane Horn of Wartenburg, Bavaria, was the sculptor of the piece. In 2009, a wall was built where the gate once stood, and the statue of Marshall was moved slightly. The area was rededicated in Oct. 2009.
George Catlett Marshall
Marshall began his military career in the American forces of occupation in the Philippines in 1902. During World War I he trained American troops in Europe. In the inter-war years he served for a number of years in China, until President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him Chief of Staff in 1939.
When the United States entered the war against Japan and Germany in 1941, Marshall was given the main responsibility for planning the US conduct of the war. He was the brains behind the successful invasion of Normandy in 1944, and he gave the orders to use atomic bombs on Japan after President Harry Truman had given the go-ahead.
Truman appointed Marshall Secretary of State in 1947, and between them they planned the economic support for Europe that was to secure stability and prevent the spread of Communism. After fifty years of public service, Marshall wound up his career as Secretary of Defense in 1951.
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