Show WORLD WAR WAK 11 II HAS COST WORLD casualties world war two has cost the peoples of this earth no fewer than 55 dead wounded and missing by the most conservative but tentative and incomplete estimates from 1 official statistics world war two drug to within 17 days of a full six years great britain has been in it actively for that whole time the united states has been at war with the axis for three years eight months eight days since pearl harbor china at war with japan continuously c since july jelv 7 1937 has been fighting for eight years one month eight days this war almost twice as costly as world war one in lives and money has cost the peoples of the earth at least a trillion dollars in monies actually spent plus many times that in lost work hours and property destruction st the Us united states alone has spent I 1 and evert even if all war contracts are cancelled our total war bill will exceed when all costs are paid it will be at least a year before the total cost of world war two can be known there is great variance between estimates by various departments of the same government hitler himself last feb 24 estimated germanys germanas Germ anys war losses at of which had been killed yet on july 29 a captured document which Is now accepted as official and almost accurate lists germanys germanas Germ anys war losses at up to nov 30 1944 the casualties of all belligerents in world ar one amounted to of ahoi germany lost just under dead and wounded nor do the german lists give the number jot ol 01 civilian in air raids and 1 invasions |