Vielen Dank, Andy! It helps!

But even if the money exchange remains the same since 1941, $1 American dollar cannot buy the same things nowadays than it bought in 1941. Inflation. That is what I mean.

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"War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." - Jean Dutourd, French veteran of both world wars

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