£m | |
Britain | 7,852 |
France | 5,392 |
USA | 5,028 |
Russia | 5,021 |
Italy | 2,736 |
British Empire | 999 |
Other Allies | 881 |
Total | 27,909 |
1 Direct Spending by Entente Governments 1914 – 1918 £m
£m | |
Germany | 8,394 |
Austria-Hungary | 4,583 |
Bulgaria and Ottomans | 499 |
Total | 13,476 |
2 Direct Spending by Central Powers Governments 1914 – 1918 £m
Pre-1914 | Post-1918 | |
Japan | 20% | 13% |
France | 13% | 18% |
Canada | 11% | 11% |
Italy | 11% | 11% |
Britain | 9% | 27% |
Germany | 8% | 12% |
Australia | 8% | 10% |
USA | 2% | 8% |
3 Changes in Personal Taxation between 1914 and 1918
Government Spending | 41,385 |
Capitalised Value of Lost Lives | 14,912 |
Loss of Production | 10,000 |
Loss of Property | 6,658 |
Loss of Merchant Ships | 1,511 |
Loss to Neutrals | 393 |
War Relief | 1 |
Total | 74,860 |
4 Global Cost of the Great War £m
£m | |||
From Britain | From USA | Total | |
Britain | 959 | 959 | |
France | 482 | 634 | 1,116 |
Italy | 459 | 354 | 813 |
Russia | 631 | 42 | 673 |
Belgium | 96 | 76 | 172 |
Serbia | 20 | 6 | 26 |
Roumania | 7 | 7 | |
Greece | 10 | 10 | |
Cuba | 2 | 2 | |
Liberia | 1 | 1 | |
British Empire + Others | 243 | 243 | |
Total | 1,931 | 2,091 | 4,022 |
5 Cash Advances and Loans made by Britain and USA to other Entente Powers £m
£m | |
USA | +278.5 |
Japan | +183.0 |
Spain | +84.0 |
Argentina | +49.0 |
Netherlands | +41.0 |
Switzerland | +12.5 |
Uruguay | +10.0 |
Sweden | +10.0 |
Denmark | +9.0 |
Canada | +9.0 |
Norway | +4.5 |
Australia | +1.0 |
Greece | +0.5 |
New Zealand | 0.0 |
South Africa | -0.5 |
Finland | -0.5 |
Bulgaria | -1.0 |
Portugal | -1.5 |
Belgium | -4.0 |
Roumania | -7.0 |
Italy | -19.0 |
France | -25.0 |
Britain | -42.0 |
Austria-Hungary | -55.0 |
Germany | -123.0 |
6 Changes in Gold Reserves 1914 – 1918 £m
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