America vs. Germany

Germany: Though Germany was a strong, intimidating power during the war, its experience post-World War I was not a pleasant one.  Germany was forced to pay war reperations to repair the damages in other countries caused by the violence and weaponry of WWI, though they expressed very clearly how unfair they thought this decision was.  At first, they tried printing more money in order to pay the millions of dollars they owed.  However, this was in a time before people knew much about economy and inflation, so they didn't understand how having this much money in circulation would cause such mass chaos.  When the Germans finally figured out that 1 Mark became about 72 billion only a few years later,  they decided to change their strategy and borrow money from the US to pay their debt to society.  Though they had many problems with money, Germany didn't suffer very much from the depression because the government pretty much had most of the issues under control, such as wages and investments.

America: Though America had a pretty high death toll during the war, every country had one too.  Plus, the site of the war was in Europe, far enough away from America for the war to not personally effect the people who werent soldiers.