The Carnage That Was The World Wars

Casualties of the Allied Powers                                                                       Military Deaths: 5,711,696
                                                                                                                                                                 Military Wounded: 12,809,280
                                                                                                                                                                 Civilian Deaths: 3,674,757


Casualties of the Central Powers                                                                Military Deaths: 4,010,241
                                                                                                                                                               Military Wounded: 8,419,533
                                                                                                                                                               Civilian Deaths: 3,143,000

Aside from the millions of casualties that resulted from WW1, countries ended up with a heavy toll on their wallets. Germany, alone, was charged nearly 38 billion dollars, only comparable to Great Britian's check of over 35 billion. On top of these immediate costs of the war Germany was forced to make reparations of 64 billion dollars, or nearly 785 billion dollars by today's standards. These extreme financial costs and excessive reparations would lead to feelings of resentment between Germans and the Allied powers.

World War 2 was not only the deadliest war in history but it was also on of the most costly. At the time the total cost to the nations involved in WW2 was over 1 trillion dollars; today that would cost over 11 trillion dollars!

Casualties of the Allied Powers                                                                       Military Deaths: 45,000,000
                                                                                                                                                                 Civilian Deaths: 16,000,000

Casualties of the Axis Powers                                                                          Military Deaths: 8,000,000                                                                                                                                                                                       Civilian Deaths: 4,000,000

Financial Costs of World War 1

Financial Costs of World War 2