Cost Of Wwii

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was found to have spent the most on the war by far. Germany was next, having spent $272 billion; followed by the Soviet Union spending $192 billion. Next was Britain who spent $120 billion followed by Italy's billion and Japan's $56 billion. Although these are fairly accurate figures, the money spent by each individual country does not come close to being the war's true cost.
Property damage was a huge cost following World War II. Entire cities including Stalingrad, Warsaw, Hamburg, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki lay in ruins following World War II. Cities in Japan such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been leveled by atomic bombs. Numerous cities in both Europe and Asia that had very little or no military significance at all were totally destroyed. For example, the British with American aid deliberately destroyed Dresden with bombs. Dresden, like many other cities, had little military importance and in this particular case was filled with refugees. In Central Europe the mass ...

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