Show war costs million a day da y germany leads in esti estimate mate of current european expenditures washington Eu ropes war is costing the belligerents possibly million dollars a tenth of a billion a day in current cash outlay alone additional costs in losses of property arms and commercial co revenue cannot be computed now the million is neither an official nor exact figure it is merely an estimate made from the best information available here and the best is none too good the estimate may be far too high on n the other hand war costs may rise even further if and when who wholesale le destruction of men guns fortifications ficat ions and ships begins however data from several sources indicate that germany heading the list may have spent 12 billion dollars for war by the end of her fiscal year next march great britain her dominions and colonies at least five billion million dollars and france using a calendar year fiscal period at least by the end of 1939 now how its figured the million dollar figure was computed like this by the end of march germany and the british empire supposedly will have spent 1 17 7 billion million dollars for a war that began days earlier on september 2 or a day of that amount germany will hake have spent a day and britain a day by the end of december days after the start of hostilities france will have spent or a day the total is million dollars a day that figure does not take into account the billions that were spent in years prior to the german british fiscal year of 1939 40 and the french year of 1939 for arms and ammunition now being expended on the western front probably no one outside hillers Hit lers inner circle knows exactly what germany is spending for the war or anything else the nazis dont publish budgets germany spends 12 billion however hitler has said that war expenditures for the last six years would total 36 billion dollars figuring on a value of 40 cents for the six billion a year nearly four times the current national defense expenditures of the united states a country much wealthier althier Ne than germany in addition a decree of september 22 provided an additional six billion dollars for the 1939 40 fiscal period ending march 31 an aggregate of 12 billion dollars being currently spent if the french war costs were anything like the five billion dollars appropriated by the british the german figure would not seem extraordinary tra the total allied expenditures pend tures then would be 10 billion dollars or better against 12 billion dollars for germany the methodical english publish understandable budgets they estimated in april that need on a basis of 4 as the value of the pound for the 1939 3 4 40 0 year beginning april 1 nearly half of it for defense by the time the war got under way the estimates had been boosted to including for the war nearly three times the current united states defense figure but still less than halt hal the estimated german total the budget then was nearly double ju expenditures |