The Cost of War

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Exploring the real costs of global war, where there is always an enormous financial cost as well as the toll of human lives.

World War I

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Nearly 10 million died in WWI; 21.2 million were wounded, and 7.8 million were taken prisoners or went MIA; $186 billion in direct costs and another $151 billion in indirect costs; it caused the greatest global depression of the 20th century.