1. World War II: $4.1 trillion
We talked about the WWII before, when we made the Most Expensive WWII memorabilia.
You noticed that the memorabilia items were quite expensive, right? Well, that’s because the war wasn’t as cheap as well.
When Nazi Germany launched a “blitzkrieg” against Poland the United States was still recovering from the Great Depression.
In 1939, Germany went and bombed Poland and then it quickly spread across Europe, as Britain and France declared war on Germany and Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Italy.
The response of the United States was neutral for a while, and it took it two years before it become involved.
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. joined the war with a vengeance.
The dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, by the U.S., in August of 1945, not only brought the war to an end, but shifted the balance of power for the entire world.
With 85 million deaths, WWII is by far the deadliest conflict in human history, as well as the most expensive.
The End! What Do you Think About The Most Expensive Wars in the World?
