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  as long as the funds will be used well. Both Ukrainians and EU/other donators should control each penny and punish misuse harshly
context: For reference, the US's GDP dropped 4.3% during 2008's Great Recession, and 30% during the Great Depression. >
  
  How much did European countries lose during and following WW2? >
  
  1938 to 1945 -> Percent of 1938 GDP in 1945. Basically in 1938 they were at 100% so the following numbers represent the loss or gain by 1945.
  US -> 184%
  UK -> 116%
  France -> 54%
  Italy -> 65%
  USSR -> 95% *hit 76% at the height of Barbarossa in 1942
  Germany -> 88%
  Japan -> 85%
  Austria -> 50%
  I can't find data for Romania, Hungary, Poland, China etc. Most data comes from at best 1950 so that probably says something for how bad things got.
  Source >
  
  Germany surprisingly a lot higher than I assumed >
  
  I think it came down to
  1) WW2 bombers were notoriously inaccurate, it required hundreds of bombers to take out one factory.
  2) Factories of the time period were relatively simple, and could be rebuilt or just moved somewhere else. >
  
  wasn't there still a ginormous amount of civilian deaths to firestorms of dresden and similar? >
  
  So it goes >
  
  Let it snow let it snow let it snow >
  
  While good news, it's still terrible. :( >
  
  Not as bad as it sounds. That GDP loss isn't from cities being leveled it's from people fleeing the country / the front lines. After the war ends a lot of those people will return and the GDP will bounce back. Factories can be rebuilt, raw resources are still in the ground etc. Add in the likely western marshal plan to rebuild and Ukraine could come back stronger than ever.