> I bet many ended up with higher wages, better health, better housing etc Yep. The developmental indicators of the entirety of Western Europe didn't catch up

> I bet many ended up with higher wages, better health, better housing etc Yep. The developmental indicators of the entirety of Western Europe didn't catch up to the US, Canada, or ANZ until the early 2000s based on HDI. That's how devastating the effect of WW2 was.