Following the Second World War, the United States began extensive Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programs, assisting foreign governments in the purchase of American-made weapons, services and training. In these years, the vast majority of such grants went to countries in Western Europe, as the U.S. sought to suppress the expansion of communism across the region and assert its own influence as a global superpower. In 1953 alone, the U.S. granted over 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in military grants to Western European states, which was roughly one billion dollars more than the rest of the world combined between 1946 and 1953.
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U.S. Census Bureau. (September 30, 1975). Military grants given to foreign states in the post-war and Marshall Plan periods between 1946 and 1953 by region (in millions of U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/
U.S. Census Bureau. "Military grants given to foreign states in the post-war and Marshall Plan periods between 1946 and 1953 by region (in millions of U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 30, 1975. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 26, 2026. /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/
U.S. Census Bureau. (1975). Military grants given to foreign states in the post-war and Marshall Plan periods between 1946 and 1953 by region (in millions of U.S. dollars). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 26, 2026. /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/
U.S. Census Bureau. "Military Grants given to Foreign States in The Post-war and Marshall Plan Periods between 1946 and 1953 by Region (in Millions of U.S. Dollars)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 30 Sep 1975, /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/
U.S. Census Bureau, Military grants given to foreign states in the post-war and Marshall Plan periods between 1946 and 1953 by region (in millions of U.S. dollars) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/ (last visited July 26, 2026)
Military grants given to foreign states in the post-war and Marshall Plan periods between 1946 and 1953 by region (in millions of U.S. dollars) [Graph], U.S. Census Bureau, September 30, 1975. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1076311/us-foreign-military-grants-post-war-period/
