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How much did World War 2 cost?

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Found an estimate of $288 Billion (in 1940s dollars) for the cost of WWII.

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According to my Oxford Companion to WWII in strictly monetary terms here was the breakdown for the major players in their currencies:

UK-Pounds Sterling 20,500,000,000 US-$306,000,000,000 Germany-Reichmarks 414,000,000,000 Japan-Yen 174,000,000,000 Italy- Lire 278,500,000,000 USSR- Ruble 582,000,000,000

I'm not sure if the US figure even takes into acount the 50 billion in Lend lease aid that was given out.

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The monetary cost to the U.S. was $288,000,000,000.

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trillion dollars according to some other sites (trillion dollars total for Germany, EVERYONE involved including france, US, etc.)

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$1.5 trillion

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In today's money, the cost to the U.S. would be over five trillion dollars (at 288 billion 1945 dollars)

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