4. The Korean War: $341 billion
The costs for the Korean War were estimated at $341 billion in today’s currency. The war was a great example of a war which happened because of the strategic and political position of the country.
It is known that Korea was long divided into two separate countries- North Korea (a communist nation) and South Korea (a capitalist nation).
It happened in 1959 when the Cold War was beginning to take shape. Back then, Korea served as one of the first battlegrounds.
The two countries still get into each others way to this day, and the American and Chinese military presence is heavy in both countries.
For three years, China and the Soviet Union backed the North, while the United States and its allies supported the South.
What is simply unbelievable is that during the height of the war, General Douglas MacArthur seriously considered using the atomic bomb.
