> resulting relationships between the allied countries and Germany and Japan could not have been more positive I think there may have been a "lesser evil" aspe

> resulting relationships between the allied countries and Germany and Japan could not have been more positive I think there may have been a "lesser evil" aspect to that. The Allies had good relationships with West Germany almost immediately after the war because they were saving the defeated Germans from the USSR. Japan reconciled with the USSR but there are still tensions between Japan, Korea, and China over the war.