Question

In millions of British pounds, how much did Germany and Austria-Hungary spend in 1890? In 1914?

Answer 1

The spending of these two countries in 1890 was about some 40 million pounds. But in 1914 there spending was an enormous 150 million pounds. That's almost 4 times more. This can bee seen as natural as at the time the countries were about to get involved in the World War I and they had to spend money, mostly on military.