How were the Germans, Japanese and Italians treated after WWII? And how long?

Question

This question comes in two parts, the n***s were generally really bad, right? So, when the Axis Powers were finally defeated how did the rest of the world treat them? I mean socially, not politically. I could see how the US helped rebuild the countries, but I don't think that the Axis Powers were really acceptably integrated back into society right away. So how did they treat them specifically?

Secondly, how long did it take for them to be at least somewhat accepted into society? If you don't know just take an educated guess, I only ask that you tell me if it is a guess.

Answer 1

In certain parts of the U.S. anyone who's of German ancestry or speaks German may be secretly looked down on.    I knew a guy who worked for a charity sending American youth to Europe.  He spoke German and was advised when fund raising not to mention he spoke German.

Answer 2

The Italians had switched allegiance to the West before the war ended.

The US, Germany and Japan represent the top 3 economies in the world.  The American style of rebuilding worked.

Watch for the same thing to happen in Iraq.

Answer 3

The Germans were treated better, and continue to be, than the others as the Germans are an important ally, and have been, against the Soviets/Russians. So, Politically, we play nice-nice with them.

I think the answer to your actual question depends upon the person answering it. Did their Father survive the War? What shape did he return in if he DID survive?

Is the person answering a Jew?

The Japanese are mustering their guns again.

The Italians were not much of a threat then, nor now. The threat they posed was their alliance with Germany.

We children of the Veterans are less likely to behave, as it were, knowing the damage it caused our families. We are civil, but NOT courteous. Or at least I am.

Answer 4

Germans and Japanese treated unfair.If u read The ordeal of Woodrow Wilson u'll discover what Allied did to Germany in WW1 .They(G) wanted to claim for their rights in WW2 but lost and suffered the eternal curse of the winners.They did not accept them socially but made them change the government ,even if1 old aged n**i found in 1 corner of the world will be convicted at once. Many G soldiers and officers executed after bad behaviour.  Even VOA said we r making Germany for double compensation of Russian Jews slaughter. And the same with Japanese and korean POWs. They(Axis)did crime but received more punishments as well.

Answer 5

It depends upon who you're talking about.

1.  The Russians generally treated the Germans abusively.  At least 200,000 German women were raped by Russians (many of them gang rapes or multiple rapes).  Most German POWs were held for 10 years by the Russians.  Mortality rates of POWs were high--less than 6,000 POWS taken at Stalingrad (over 90,000 surrendered) were repatriated.  As part of the surrender agreements, France and Britain were given several years of forced labor by POWs.  Civilians who lived around concentration camps were initially treated poorly (things like the local Burgo-meister and staff would be ordered to bury camp victims who'd died or clean out the  crematorium--clearly a case of anger and outrage by the liberators at what they discovered.)

2.  Italians--not so badly in most cases (in unless they were captured by the Russians).  In part this was a function of Italy surrendering to the Allies before the war was over.

3.  Japan--mixed bag.  MacArthur felt that it was better not to smash the Japanese so the number of war crimes trials was remarkably small given that the Japanese killed over 30 million civilians during the war and 45% of Allied POWs died during captivity.  Japanese civilians were well treated during the occupation.

4.  The Germans were actually integrated into society remarkably quick.  This is very much a function of the sudden development of the Cold War (for instance, Truman starting the Berlin Airlift and suddenly the Germans weren't a defeated enemy but instead a crucial ally we were trying to save).  For instance, Patton kept a number of SS formations active as well as senior n**i's in positions of power, claiming that he'd need that to help administer in case we had a war with the Russians.

Plus, as much as the Allies were angry and detested the n**i's, they were also clear now how the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty had sparked WW-2 and the Allies couldn't afford to keep Germany downtrodden.