The early 20th century saw a regional conflict expand into a global conflict for the first time in human history. The Great War, which became what we now rightly call World War I, demonstrated that warfare was no longer limited to a local or regional theater (Judge, 719). After World War I, the global impact of the American Great Depression provided further evidence of the globalization of markets (Judge, 772). At the end of the 1930s, many countries around the world were preparing to demonstrate once again that war could take on a global role. The Second World War affected all continents of the world, except those that were practically uninhabited