HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though it lasted fewer than four years, World War II was the most expensive war in United States history. Adjusted for inflation to today’s dollars, the war cost over $4 trillion and in 1945, the war’s last year, defense spending comprised about 40% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Detailed explanation-2: -The American Civil War is the conflict with the largest number of American military fatalities in history.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the Cold War unfolded in the decade and a half after World War II, the United States experienced phenomenal economic growth. The war brought the return of prosperity, and in the postwar period the United States consolidated its position as the world’s richest country.
Detailed explanation-4: -World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945.
Detailed explanation-5: -9.5 France. 9.6 Italy. 9.7 Russia. 9.8 United States. 9.9 Germany. 9.10 Ottoman Empire. 9.11 Austria-Hungary. 9.12 Primary sources. More items