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Prosperity for whom? Certainly not Western Europe. And yeah, when you're the only major industrialized power not to be horrifically bombed, you may enjoy "unpre
by twoodfin 11y ago
Prosperity for whom? Certainly not Western Europe. And yeah, when you're the only major industrialized power not to be horrifically bombed, you may enjoy "unprecedented" economic activity in the following decades.
- jordanb 11y ago> Certainly not Western Europe Certainly not? These years were known as the "Trente Glorieuses" (glorious thirty) in France. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trente_Glorieuses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trente_Glorieuses
- forgetsusername 11y agoYeah, it was great for the survivors. Not so much for the 10's of millions of dead. In retrospect, WW2 had positive economic consequences. But let's not pretend it was a "good" thing.