Did low-ranking soldiers in Germany, Italy, and Japan just go back to their pre-war everyday lives?

I know that many higher-ranking officials were pursued and tried (and often executed), but what happened of the legions of low-ranking soldiers in Germany, Italy, and Japan (and I guess Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia)- did they just up and revert back to their pre-war everyday life the day after things ended? Did Gunter, Giussepe, and Genichiro go back to their ladies, and to being mechanics, groundskeepers, and working at the TV/radio-manufacturing plant? Or were some POW's for a bit and then got back to their regular scheduled program? It also makes me wonder how much of the population in general was employed by the axis powers- what percentage, particularly of men, were "bad guys"? I know there was LOADS of destruction to overcome... loads to rebuild... in many major cities all across the axis countries... but the idea of suddenly reverting "back to normal"... going for drinks at town squares, vacationing in the country, catching a film at the cinema, etc., etc., seems so strange, if not downright wrong, in the wake of what was the biggest tragedy in modern human history. Sorry if these are stupid questions!