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The '''Second Great War''', also sometimes called the '''World War''', was a global war that lasted from 1934 to 1943. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the Great Powers of the time - were involved. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people and resulting in over 64 million deaths. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. It is marked by massive strategic bombing campaigns of industrial and civilian centers, trench warfare, the rise of mechanized warfare, and the only use of nuclear arms in war prior to the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. It remains the deadliest conflict in human history. | The '''Second Great War''', also sometimes called the '''World War''', was a global war that lasted from 1934 to 1943. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the Great Powers of the time - were involved. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people and resulting in over 64 million deaths. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. It is marked by massive strategic bombing campaigns of industrial and civilian centers, trench warfare, the rise of mechanized warfare, and the only use of nuclear arms in war prior to the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. It remains the deadliest conflict in human history. | ||
The conflict, primarily between the [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] and its allies (collectively referred to as the "Allies") and a loosely aligned set of anti-Levantine countries, including and especially [[Caphiria]], [[Corumm]] and [[Faneria]], was fought for various reasons which depended largely on the particular combatant and theater. The Levantine theater was largely fought over the continued existence of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], as well as the borders of its northernmost nation, [[Fiannria]]. The Sarpedonic theater focused on Caphirian hegemony, both contemporary and planned, and was driven in part by the theory of [[Levantine Creep]]. In [[Alshar]] and [[Audonia]], [[Burgundie|Burgoinesc]] colonialism was the central factor which drove fighting. Together, these disparate issues broadly categorized the two competing sides into "pro-Levantine" and "anti-Levantine" factions, though these classifications are generalizations and should not be considered definitive descriptions of the motivations or extent of each faction. | |||
=Background= | =Background= | ||
==Caphirian Expansionism== | ==Caphirian Expansionism== | ||