1. WWII Alisha Johns Melissa Jarrett Beth Herder

2. The Cost of War Between $1 and $2 Trillion Most expensive War in History Property damage = $239 Billion U.S. National Debt rose from $42 billion to $269 billion in 1946 U.S. spent 10x more than what they spent on all the previous wars put together

3. Casualties The Deadliest War Ever Civilians – 40-52 Million, 13-20 million of which suffered from disease or famine 6 million of those civilians were from Poland 22% of Poland’s total population was killed Military – 22-25 million, 5 million of which were prisoners of war

4. Causes Prisons Concentration Camps Raids Starvation Excessive Work Nuclear Bombing Disease

5. By the Numbers… 1 million children became orphans 6 million Jewish people were killed due to the holocaust 50,000 Nazis were found guilty of war crimes 25% of all casualties happened in Asia 300,000 U.S. soldiers were killed

6. Damages Aerial Bombardment caused destruction in Germany and Britain Coventry, Dresden, and London had to be completely rebuilt Many other cities were victims of street fighting Hiroshima and Nagasaki were definitely the worst off due to the Atomic Bomb Only 20% of Japanese industries remained

7. Nagasaki

8. London

9. In addition… Penicillin, a popular antibiotic, was discovered during the war. Plastic surgery was developed and used to reconstruct injured soldiers Radar was put to use detecting other planes in the skies Factories began to quickly mass produce goods (such as weapons during the war)