An incredible return on investment. I bet many ended up with higher wages, better health, better housing etc (though I think about 1/4 ended up returning, at a large expense)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Pound_Poms
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.
An incredible return on investment. I bet many ended up with higher wages, better health, better housing etc (though I think about 1/4 ended up returning, at a large expense)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Pound_Poms