What percent of the US Federal Budget was spent on WW2?
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This chart shows that the percentage of U.S. GDP spent on defense rose from low single digits in 1940, to nearly 40% during the war years, before dropping below 10%, even today.
A related chart shows that the percentage of the federal budget spent during the WWII years on defense, was as high as about 80% falling to about 30% today.
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