World War II help on troops after the war when they return home.?

Question

When the troops return after the war... what happens?

Ex. Do they find their houses destroyed from bombings?


I am writing three paragraphs any help would be appreciated

U.S and British

Answer 1

Very different situations.

Much of Britian, especially London and a few other cities, had been extensively bombed. Conditions for the returning soldiers were as challenging as for the remaining countrymen. Britian had to rebuild like much of Europe, but I am unclear how much Marshall Plan or US aid post-war went there. Most Marshall Plan (named for former General Marshall) went to West Germany and other continental countries. You could Wikipedia Marshall Plan.

Here in the US, there were many aid programs for returning GIs. Lots of housing tracts first developed in the post war years, early versions of the GI Bill paid for schooling, and favorable economic/governmental policies created lots of jobs (and many of their wives and sisters went back home instead of competing in the job market, btw). Remember, only a small part of one island in Hawaii was damaged by bombs-continental US was unscathed.

Answer 2

A lot of British troops did return home to find rubble where their house had been. But nowhere near the same extent as the Germans. The German bombing campaign was comparatively short and much lower in intensity than the Allied attacks on Germany.

For US troops, basically nothing was damaged. The only action that occurred on US soil was Pearl Harbour, and a minor diversionary attack on a pair of islands in the Aleutians. So essentially the US was untouched.

Answer 3

from what country are you talking about? (i'll try and add an answer later if you clarify your question...)

you may be able to find a site like this for us vets, too. this is a site run by bbc where people record their own personal stories about the war. this section is for postwar years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1165/index_2.shtml
it's probably more than you need, but it's straight from the people who lived it. good luck.