The Agrarian Road to Peace: Henry Morgenthau's Post-War Planning for Germany

Authors

Logan W. Ray, University of Central OklahomaFollow

Abstract

In September 1944, allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill met at Quebec to discuss the post-war planning of Germany. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau accompanied Roosevelt to this conference and put forward his agrarian plan for Germany which would bear his name, the Morgenthau Plan. His plan called for the industrial reorganization of Germany and transition it to a farming community, thus making the country incapable of war. Though his plan was accepted at the Quebec Conference, its fierce opposition from the War Department and its leak to the press pressured Roosevelt to abandon the plan.

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95

Last Page

112

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Recommended Citation

Ray, Logan W. (2022) "The Agrarian Road to Peace: Henry Morgenthau's Post-War Planning for Germany," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 12: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2022.120106
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol12/iss1/6