Brief Overview
World War III (often abbreviated to WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, was a global war that lasted from April 10, 2126 to March 8, 2133; however smaller scaled conflicts began as early as October 21, 2125. Although little countries actually fought in the war when compared to all the countries of the world, most of the great super powers at the time were involved whether it be through sending troops into the combat zone or helping from the curtains. Eventually, all the great powers would form 3 opposing military alliance, similar to those of World war 2 however now included bigger powers such as North & South Korea, Sweden, Bulgaria, India, and Indonesia. The three great powers would be known as the Allies, the GCP, and the Nordic Confederation which had its central power as Sweden. A big turning point in history as it marked the end of communism in East Asia and also directly involved the lives of around 1.5 billion people that lived in the East Asian region which consisted of China, Thailand, Mongolia, North Korea, India, Japan, Russia, and Central Europe. The total war consisted of 5 fronts that spread all across mainland Europe, Asia, and the north eastern parts of North America. Lasting for about 7 years, the war claimed the lives of around 184 million people which ranged from civilians to military casualties of both sides. This marked the war as the new deadliest conflict in human history ever since World War 2. This included massacres and genocides that occurred primarily in the Asian front. This was also the first war to use Anti-Matter weapons in history.
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The war began when North Korea and China invaded South Korea on April 9th, 2126 however was not officially announced as the start of the war until the Day after the invasion. During this time great powers such as NATO and Russia would join in. American having declared war 1 hour once fighting had begun. During early 2126 to mid 2137, South Korea would be annexed into North Korea, later forming Korea as a whole once Allied forces did a strategic retreat into the surrounding Pacific Islands and Japan. Following the loss of South Korea, China began to annex and conquer smaller countries such as Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia in what was known as the Great Communist Power, abbreviated to the GCP. Under the Mikhailotov-Aixinjueluo Pact of 2126, Russia and China formed a neutral alliance, allowing both countries to fight together however not in an official alliance. The war took place in mostly Asia and Europe, continuing on over mainland China and Russia with little action happening across Poland, India, and the southern Asian countries.
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In Europe, fighting began off of the gulf of Finland after Russia's failed attack on Finland caused the Nordic Confederation to blockade Russia off from the Baltic Sea. Fighting on three main fronts, the South, North, and West front, Russia would exhaust most of its troops into the North and West while GCP forces would assist in the South, causing China to defend the east alone. The western front would advance into Poland, the GCP annexing Ukraine and Belarus which blocked off part of the Nordic Confederation. These countries would be Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania however Allied forces succeeded in taking the southern front, allowing forces to flank into the Western front. This allowed for Nordic forces to aid the three countries with mechanized weapons after Russia turned focus towards the deteriorating southern front.
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Aftermath
Anti-Matter weapons, first engineered by the United States and Germany, would be used in the war over Asia, strategically targeting Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Bombing out these locations would allow Allied forces to enter mainland China and secure the coastline after months of fighting through Chinese resistance on the eastern coast. With India supplying troops into the southern front to assist allied forces, the GCP would begin to go on the decline. In the north however, things would not be doing so well. With Russian forces dominating the northern front, long ranged shelling would occur around Stockholm and Helsinki after cyberspace attacks from Russia allowed the country to take out Anti-Air batteries along the flight path to enable bombardment. The attack would cause the lives of around 100,000 civilians and around 1/3rd of the Nordic Confederation's troops that crippled both countries. However this would be the only large scale bombing that Russia would be able to create once Allied Space Defense entered the area, neutralizing all missile and air to land attacks. With the GCP cornered into the western side of China and Russia, the war soon saw end after Allied and Nordic Confederation troops entered into Russia and China, overwhelming the two super powers and taking them out. Both countries would surrender a few years later.