After 1918...didn't we have the roaring 20's? Can we hope for that scenario? I know WWI also ended
It's hard to fathom how much destruction there was. Have a look at this aerial view of a village before and after artillery fire. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Passchen...
Of course there was growth afterward to rebuild and repopulate. This is nothing like the current crisis that doesn't destroy homes and hardly kill anybody.