The battlegrounds of World War II spread to nearly every part of the world. Troops fought in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, in the deserts of northern Africa, and on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Every battle waged cast everyone more money and destroyed more property. Property damage as a result of World War II was immense (See pictures A, B, J, &L). Although there are no exact figures, the cost of the war is estimated at more than two trillion dollars. The United States alone spent an estimated $341 billion during World War II. However, this did include $50 billion for lend-lease supplies, of which $31 billion went to Britain, $11 billion to the Soviet Union, $5 billion to China, and $3 billion to thirty five other countries. Once totals were all added up, the United States 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.

World War II is by far the greatest war in history in terms of human and material resources expended. Three-fourths of the world took place in it and in return everyone paid. The cost of World War II was so immense it was almost impossible to calculate the cost. Not only did it cost billions of dollars, but it cost millions of lives as well. This was he most destructive war in history and the lucky that survived eventually paid.

The human cost of World War II was also enormous. Although the exact number of people killed because of World War II will never be known, the best estimates put the death roll as approximately 50,000,000 (See pictures C&I). It is estimated that military deaths totaled about seventeen million. Civilian deaths were even greater as a result of starvation, bombing raids, massacres, epidemics, and other war-related causes (See picture D). The battlegrounds spread to almost every part of the world. Battles were waged on frozen fields in the Soviet Union, below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and in the streets of many European cities. Undoubtly, the losses of the Soviet Union were the greatest. The most likely total of military and civilian deaths is 20,000,000, seven million being soldiers and 13 million being civilians. In addition, in the areas occupied by the Germans about two-thirds of the houses and productive capacity was destroyed. Estimates show that these areas lost more than 5,000,000 people. Perhaps 1,000,000 Yugoslavia civilians also died at the hands of the Germans. Numbers in German are

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