The Second World War was a global war that involved most of the world's nations. The War spans a grouping of conflicts that gradually became unified as each national power attempted to gain the upper hand on the other. When it ended nearly 230 million people worldwide and is the Second most destructive conflict on the planet before the Third World War. Each nation involved served in a state of "Total War" as the major participants threw every economic, populational and military asset they had against their enemies erasing the distinction between Civilian and Military resources.