How much did World War 2 cost?

Question

And are we still living with the consequences to this day

I was talking about the UK

Answer 1

I remember one fact which, I think, was published in the Guiness Book of World Records,1976 and that is :

The loss suffered by England alone during World War-II was equivalent to the total loss which, all the countries combined together, suffered during World War-I.

This will give you a fair idea about how much the World War-II must have cost.

Answer 2

Good question, but who started WWII, and how. Oh yeah, one country invaded others. What a coincidence.
Oops, sorry about the rant, mistook you for a Re-pube.
WWII cost England, and the world so much, and in many ways.
In dollars? The figure would be off the charts in today's dollars.
I don't think that many young people know how close the Germans came to invading England.
Living the consequences? Yes, and lets hope learning at least a little from the lessons.
Thanks.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The Great War, part II cost too much. And yes, we are living with the consequences of supporting the agendas that lead to the start of it.

Answer 5

Cost the world a lot, and the biggest consequence has been the amazing technology to come out of that conflict. Some good, but some terrible. Good, advances in things like radar and aviation.
Bad, things like atomic weapons and rockets.

Answer 6

We won the battle but lost the war. We lost so much and so many. It should teach us THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. Men were shot by their own for being a coward. Would you, hand on heart want to fight and kill. If the answer is yes, think about the murders that go through courts today. Put them in the army and drop a bomb near them. Don't give them the safety of prison at the tax payers expense.

Answer 7

Speaking personally it cost me my father, he was killed in Germany 1945. Yes I and many others live with the consequences, all wars have long term consequences, the cost in real terms are families torn apart.

Answer 8

There are different sorts of cost. Money, life, enviroment etc. Everything that occured in the past has cosequences for the future, perceived as good or bad. I don't subscribe, however, to the current fashion of historical naval gazing, or trying to rewrite history to suit a particular political agenda. Learn from the past, but stop trying to re-live it or re-package it.

Answer 9

a lot more than the war in Iraq
and 44 million died in the fighting.
No war to date has even came close.
56,000 died in Viet Nam
can't remember the gulf war?
Iraq at the most can claim 200,000 in all both sides.
The only other genocide in history that has killed as many is the
Muslims in the Horn of Africa. they have killed millions and are still killing them. They won the war and now the Sudan Government is systematically killing all the African people.
Before the Muslim extremists are stopped will have killed as many Africans as Hiltler killed the Jews. Will go down in history as another holocost.

Answer 10

Like other said, depends on who you are talking about. But the US initiated the draft to create a powerful army, mobilized our industry to produce only necessities for the war and raise taxes to pay for the war. In addition, people were put on rations. It was not a good time. But there our soldiers knew they fought for a just cause. Same with Afghanistan. I believe many of our soldiers prefer not to but are proud to serve and die for our country in Afghanistan. In Iraq,... what a waste of life and resources.