National Income and Military Expenditure of World War II Countries
German national income military expenditure
1939 98 billion empire marks 30 billion empire marks
110 billion empire marks 53 billion empire marks
120 billion empire marks 71 billion empire marks in 1941
125 billion empire marks 91 billion empire marks in 1942
135 billion empire marks 112 billion empire marks in 1943
130 billion empire mark unknown in 1944
Unknown in 1945
Japanese national income military expenditure
1939 33 billion yen 6.5 billion yen
1940 39.4 billion yen 7.9 billion yen
1941 44.9 billion yen 12.5 billion yen
In 1942, 54.3 billion yen yen
In 1943, 63.8 billion yen 29.8 billion yen
74.5 billion yen in 1944 73.5 billion yen
17 billion yen unknown in 1945
Soviet national income military expenditure
39.2 billion rubles unknown in 1939
337 billion rubles in 1940 56.8 billion rubles
310 billion rubles in 1941 83 billion rubles
222.4 billion rubles in 1942
249.4 billion rubles in 1943
1944 296.6 billion rubles 137.8 billion rubles
279.7 billion rubles in 1945 128.2 billion rubles
U.S. National Income Military Expenditure
$90.5 billion in 1939
$99.7 billion in 1940 $2.2 billion
1941 USD 124.5 billion USD 13.8 billion
1942 USD 157.9 billion USD 49.4 billion USD
1943 USD 191.6 billion USD 79.7 billion USD
1944 USD 210.1 billion USD 87.4 billion USD
1945 USD 213.1 billion USD 76.2 billion USD
British national income military expenditure
£5.02 billion in 1939 £383 million
1940 £5.952 billion £1.118 billion
£6.839 billion in 1941 £3.22 billion
£7.54 billion in 1942 £4.08 billion
£8.00 billion in 1943 £4.84 billion
£8.224 billion in 1944 £4.95 billion
£8.325 billion in 1945 £5.12 billion
Only count the four years from 1942 to 1945
Military expenditure: Soviet Union: 499.4 billion rubles, United States: 292.7 billion US dollars Japan: 139.1 billion yen, United Kingdom: 23.5 billion pounds
Germany does not have data from 1945, but military expenditure in 1941 is not low. Therefore, the four years from 1941 to 1944 were calculated: 510 billion imperial marks, which is calculated based on 1 dollar to 2.5 marks, which is about 204 billion US dollars.
Instead of the $250 billion it was previously thought
Convert USD 2 yen to 1 USD, Japan's peak in World War II was USD 69.5 billion in four years. If the exchange rate in 1947 is 1 pound to 4 USD, then the UK's military expenditure in World War II is USD 94 billion, and it only reached USD 117.5 billion at the exchange rate of 1:5 in 1937.
The key question is: what is the exchange rate between the ruble and the US dollar during World War II? According to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the puppet Manchukuo and the Soviet Union in 1932, 100 rubles could be exchanged for 286 yen, and 1 US dollar could only be exchanged for
Convert 0.7 rubles, then it means: before the end of World War II, the rubles were at least valuable than the Japanese yen. When the rubles exchange rate during World War II was comparable to that of the German imperial mark, 1 dollar was exchanged for 2.5 rubles, then
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