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Go find some old films and see where Japan and Germany were just 5-10 years after being all but flattened in WWII. They didn't reconstruct in isolation obviousl
by marshray 13y ago
Go find some old films and see where Japan and Germany were just 5-10 years after being all but flattened in WWII. They didn't reconstruct in isolation obviously, but it's pretty amazing what humans can do.
- CamperBob2 13y agoNot really responsive to the question, though. We (the Allied powers, particularly the US) went out of our way to give Japan and Germany a helping hand after the war, having seen the problems caused by allowing defeated nations to fall into ruin.
- johnchristopher 13y agoWhat nations and what period of US history are you referring to ?
- pjc50 13y agoPresumably the post-WW1 era of collapse in Germany, which is usually credited as a major cause of WW2.
- johnchristopher 13y agoAh, I thought gp was referring to nations the US would have defeated before WWII.
- CamperBob2 13y agoNo, I meant the Marshall Plan. WWI left Germany in a humiliated condition that eventually led to another war, so they didn't want to repeat the mistake with post-WWII Japan, especially with the Soviets vying for influence in the same part of the world.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoThe Confederate States of America too.