World War III (War of the four powers)

The War of the four powers (Or World War III), was a conflict that occurred from April 2020 to 2024, and it was the most brutal conflict to ever occur in world history. The conflict left 192 Million people dead and over 300 Million wounded. The epic conflict would be fought from the soil of the Americas, to Europe, to Asia, through the Middle East, to the deserts of Africa, to the Shores of Northern Australia. 
== Beginnings ==
=== 2011 ===
Russia's arms buildup continued to draw the scrutiny of the western world when it was discovered the Russians had built over 1000 Nuclear Missiles. Global leader's concerns were justified when the Russians did an Atomic test, the first of its kind since the Nuclear Weapons testing ban. The world began to question the intentions of the leadership of Russian President Vsevelod Kapalkin. Kapalkin appeared at the UN to say that Russian was a vastly underdeveloped country and needed to respond to Western Aggression.
=== 2013 ===
Vsevelod Kapalkin manages to unite all the former Soviet Republics, all except for Georgia, Ukraine, and the Baltic States to join the Russian Federation. Russia's economy increased dramatically, and the Russian Federation grows to have the third-largest economy in the world. 
At around the same time, Mexico fell into another Civil War between pro PRI rebels and loyalists. The brutal Second Mexican Civil War would attract international attention as foreign powers began buying for control of Mexico. 
=== 2016 ===
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The Arab Spring has caused unprecedented damage throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Damaged oil wells and pipelines began to burn controllably which deeply began to effect world supplies. Many nations such as Canada, Russia, and Australia became targets for the worlds powers due to there vast oil reserves. The use of Nuclear Weapons became a huge factor in shift of the balance of power 
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The "Arab Spring Wars" caused gas prices in the United States to rise to over 20 Dollars a gallon across the Western World. The United States tried to look for oil in other nations, however, the United States didn't expect to be forced to trade oil with there enemy, the Russian Federation. 15 Million people died in the conflict, and this was considered to be the "Third World War", or it was so thought.
=== 2017 ===
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The joint American-European Missile shield goes live. The World began to celebrate the end of Nuclear Warfare, or so thought. However, the intended effect ended up becoming the opposite when the Russian Federation expressed serious concerns about the system, claiming that it could be used for offensive reasons.
==== The rise of the motherland ====
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The stage was set. Now the worlds leading supplier of oil and natural gas, Russia billions (USD) on the biggest arms build up in world history. The Russian Military ended up outnumbering the US and NATO forces five to one, but yet the Russians didn't see the value of having orbital weapon technology. The Russian Economy also shot up. The Russian Economy shot up so much, that soon it managed to outpace the Peoples Republic of China's economy.
China grows
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China and Russian relations officially broke down, and soon the Second Cold War became a three-way between the United States, the Peoples Republic of China, and the United States of America. To keep the global balance of power intact, the Peoples Republic of China formed the "East Asian Coalition" which consisted of China, Myanmar, Mongolia, Cambodia, and North Korea. 
=== 2018 ===
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The European Coalition is created, with a population and GNP greater than the United States. Tensions rise between Europe and the United States despite usually being allies of one another.
=== 2020 ===
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The United States begins construction of the Freedom Star Military space station. The European Coalition withdraws from NATO and the Second Cold War becomes a four-way and the end has begun.
== World War III ==
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World War III began on April 9th, 2020, when a little incident between the European Coalition and the United States of America occurred. On this day, the United States was getting ready to launch a space shuttle into orbit to complete to Freedom Star Space station. A European Weapons satellite flying over the United States accidentally mistook the space ship for a Nuclear Missile launch, which shot down the space shuttle. The United States said the Europeans have declared war against the United States of America, then the United States officially declared war against the European Coalition hours later.
=== First battles ===
The European Federation got a startling wake-up call on April 10th, 2020, when the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Copenhagen. The reason for Copenhagen was to divide the European Coalition in two (North to South) and to allow for the United States to open up a corridor to invade Spain and Portugal. The initial attack went well. The Americans captured the city on the first day alone and they managed to hack into and capture an uplink to part of the European Missile Shield. The US transferred the data to the European's Satellites and the US began to process of hacking into the European Missile shield to destroy them in orbit. However the next day, the Europeans managed to counterattack and take back the city. 
On April 12th, 2020, the Russian Federation said that they were standing with the United States to stop European aggression, however, the United States realized the Russians were attempting to take all of Europe. The Russians invaded through Poland, Finland, and Norway at 8:30 AM and it initially caught the Europeans off guard and the United States declared war on Russia just hours later. 
==== May 2020 ====
The United States got a very nasty surprise from the Europeans when the Europeans used an ICBM and launched it into orbit to destroy the Freedom Star space station killing everybody onboard the station. This not only, in turn, pissed off the United States, but it also sped up the countries war effort. left|thumb|220x220px|European and Russian forces engaging at in CroatiaThe Russians secured Poland and Finland on May 13, 2020, however, this spouted the downfall when the Russians destroyed a European Nuclear Plant which made Warsaw uninhabitable. This brought the Chinese into the war when the Peoples Republic of China declared war against the Russian Federation. Following the success in Poland, the Russians did a surprise attack by launching an amphibious landing in what used to be Croatia. The Russians used to disguised cargo ships to invade, which caught the Europeans totally by surprise. After the landing in Croatia, the Europeans were forced to retreat as Eastern Europe from Germany to the east fell to the Russians. 
==== June 2020 ====
The United States began an amphibious landing in Portugal and Spain on June 11th, 2020. The Amphibious landing wasn't a surprise to the Europeans, however, the Europeans were vastly unready when the Russians attacked Germany. The United States finally managed to hack into the European Missile shield and took control of the European Weapon Satellites. After this, there was no hope left, the European Coalition fell on June 20th, 2020, and soon Europe became divided between two enemy powers at war with one another. 
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The European Coalition was disbanded, and the European Union was reestablished. After the European Union was reestablished, the nations of France, the UK, Spain, Portugal, and Italy all pledged there fight to free Eastern Europe, essentially switching sides in the conflict. 
=== Russian Invasion of the United States/Canada ===
June 25th, 2020. The United States was caught completely off guard when the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of the United States. The United States tried to retaliate by using their kinetic rods, but Russian cyber warfare disabled the satellites. The United States was defenseless. 
==== June-October 2020 ====
The Russian army's ground forces poured into the United States from Texas, while naval and air forces attacked from the west and east, conducting a major amphibious landing in the northeast which quickly overran the region. At the same time, the new and improved Russian Navy launched an invasion down through Alaska, and crossing into Western Canada. Canada by this time was the Second Largest producer of oil and natural gas. The Russians were unwilling to use full-scale strategic nuclear weapons against American forces, as they wanted to conquer the USA, not destroy it outright. Russia only launched a tactical nuke once during there invasion of the United States.
However, to "conquer" the stubborn American people, the Russian forces also began using subliminal messages to brainwash the American people. The Russians managed to convert American civilians in conquered territory to be totally loyal slaves to the Russian regime, thus stamping out most resistance before it started. Russian subliminal messaging was used during the Battle of Washington D.C
==== August 14th, 2020 (Washington D.C) ====
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The main priority of the U.S. forces in the capital was to evacuate as many civilians and wounded soldiers as possible, then regroup to retake the city to begin their counteroffensive. However, the Russian armor and the SAM sites delayed the evacuation and eliminating those threats proved to be crucial to ensuring evacuation.
The US special forces entered the Department of Commerce to provide sniper and rocket support for an evacuation site at the Washington Monument. Using Barrett .50cal sniper rifles equipped with a Thermal Scopes, the US special forces managed to take the Russians armed with Javelin missile launchers down.
Later, the US used enemy Javelins to destroy any incoming helicopters and BTR-80's. Now that the civilians and the wounded soldiers could be safely evacuated, the US military went on the offensive. US forces used Black Hawk helicopters and headed to the World War II Memorial, a Russian stronghold and tore it to pieces. At the beginning of the counteroffensive process, one of the Black Hawks was shot down by the SAM sites atop the Department of Justice. The helicopter crash-landed just southwest of the White House, surrounded by the Russian ground forces.
At the same time the squad's helicopter crashed, the US command authority made a desperate decision. The US army launched a Nuclear Missile above Washington D.C, and along Eastern Seaboard of the United States, disabling all electronics.
On the ground, as the situation for the American forces looked hopeless, the pulse reached the entire Eastern Seaboard (Except for all of Florida and the small parts of Georgia and mistakenly reaching the parts of Southeastern Canada), disabling most Russian and American electronics. Now with their advantage removed, their forces scattered in the ensuing chaos and the relief of the new combat vehicles thousands of miles away, the Russian forces began losing territory. US and Russian fighter planes and attack helicopters began falling to the ground which was an intended result of the EMP.
In the ensuing chaos, hundreds of ground soldiers die. However, on an EMP resistant radio, the US forces learned that they were going to be directed to a certain location, intending to recapture the White House.
The US forces stormed the White House, taking hundreds of casualties in the process. However once inside the White House, the US forces learned that the US air force was planning to level the capital. In order to prevent that, the air force asked to deploy green flares on the roof of structures and on the ground. The US forces stormed the White House and managed to deploy flares on the roof. After D.C, the American forces started to push the Russians out of the Eastern Seaboard, and many cities across the United States.
==== Post-Washington D.C ====
The main thrust of the Russian invasion spread from the southwest across the Great Plains to the Mississippi, covering over a quarter of the country, while the amphibious Russian salients in the northeast had spread in all directions. From Illinois, the Russians mounted a drive on Chicago, an offensive which would cut the remaining free parts of the USA (in the northwest and eastern seaboard) in two.
The United States military staged an amphibious attack from across the Great Lakes to retake Chicago soon after the Russians advanced into the city, where they discovered that the US knew that if the Russians were too take the Mississippi River, the war was lost. The United States stormed Chicago in order to retake the city. The US took almost 50,000 casualties, however by the end of the Battle the Russians were driven out of the city. 
Next up on the list, Canada. The Canadian and Russian Militaries were in a fierce stalemate in Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. The rough terrain of Western Canada and coupled with the Rocky Mountains made offensives into the region very hard. With the United States liberated, the Canadians could breath a sigh of relief as more and more American forces began showing up, and they slowly but surely began to overwhelm the Russian Military, forcing them to retreat. 
==== November 2020 ====
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With the Russian invasion of the United States and Canada diverting US forces way from the European mainland, the Russian Military went on the offensive. They swept through Germany and made an amphibious landing in Portugal, and next up was France. 
Eventually, the Russians were on the outskirts of Paris. The Russians began a massive shelling of the city, then they started dropping bombs from aircraft, then paratroopers. The US forces were outnumbered and outgunned, and the US command structure knew that they couldn't hold the city. As the US Missile shield array came back online, the American commanders made a desperate decision, the United States launched a kinetic strike on the Russian forces in Paris. The Kinetic Strike obliterated Paris and practically glassed the city off the face of the Earth. With Paris destroyed, the US military was able to drive the Russians out of Western Europe (Except for the UK). 
After the Kinetic Rod strike, the Chinese Government fell into a panic. The leaders of the Peoples Republic of China felt that America's use of strength was not only a war crime (as the city was not evacuated and more civilians died in the blast than troops), but it was not only a threat to the existence of the Peoples Republic of China. Not knowing really what to do at this point, the Peoples Republic of China declared war against the United States the following day. 
==== December 2020 ====
The war between China and Russia had turned into a stalemate in Mongolia and Manchuria over the seven months. The Russians almost achieved a breakthrough when the Russians attempted to launch an invasion of Japan and Manchuria, which the Japanese fought back and declared war against the Russian Federation. The Chinese made a breakthrough on December 8th, 2020, when the Chinese did a counterattack and marched around the Russian forces and captured Mongolia, which in turn the Russians were forced to retreat back into Siberia. The Chinese chased down the Russians and tried to launch an invasion of Siberia, which promptly backfired spectacularly as the Russians were using Siberia as a staging ground for the Russian invasion of Alaska, and by Christmas, the Chinese were driven out. However, this made a breakthrough. 
The American forces detonated four large thermonuclear weapons in the Ionosphere above Russian Occupied Europe. The resulting EMP blast immobilized the Russian Military in Europe. The United States having EMP resistant equipment surged through the European Wasteland in the quickly overwhelming the Russian forces. By the Christmas of 2020, the Russians managed to recover from the damage, however, the Americans had captured all of Europe and the Russians were thrown back to there homeland. Rather than the United States finishing off the Russian Federation, the United States set in for the "Winter Siege." they blockaded Russian ports and using stealth aircraft was going to divert aircraft carrying food and supplies for the Russian Military. This forced the Russians into a dire situation. 
=== 2021 ===
After the Christmas offensive, the United States and the Peoples' Republic of China stared at each other down waiting for somebody to make a move. On January 4th, 2021. And incident occurred in the South China sea where the US third fleet and the Chinese fifth fleet exchanged fire on one another. Both fleets were almost completely destroyed. The Peoples Republic of China responded by allying themselves with North Korea, Laos, Cambodia, and Burma. Together the Chinese, North Korea, Laos, Burma, Nepal, and Cambodian Militaries invaded Vietnam, launched missile strikes against Taiwan, sweeping into Thailand and Northern India, into Malaysia and Singapore before the Americans were able to consolidate and counterattack. However, things were about to get worse. 
By January 2021, the Russian Federation was slowly being drained of supplies. The US Naval Blockade of the Crimean Peninsula and Vladivostok was draining Russia of supplies, mostly food. On top of that, there wasn't really any offensive they could do as supplies was slowly being drained thanks to American Bombing campaigns. And on top of that, was the Russian's were still dealing with the Chechen Rebellions and mutinies' in the Russian Military. However, hope was coming. 
Sometime in the spring of 2021, a Venezuela and Cuba joined the conflict. Venezuela and Cuba joined mostly out of nowhere with very little support, and opened up a front in Brazil. Brazil pleaded for help from the International Community, and the United States was happy to oblige. With the Civil War in Mexico and Europe coming to an end, the Organization of American States began to send aid to the Brazilian Government. The Venezuelan and Cuban Militaries might of had the numbers, but they were no match for the skill of the US Military. Together, Brazil knocked out Venezuela, and the Americans knocked out the Cubans. The Venezuelan and Cuban entry into the war went down in history as one of the biggest failures in military history, and one of the biggest embarrassments in military history. However, it opened up a new front. 
=== 2022 ===
After the 2021 campaign in South America began and the war in Southeast Asia coming to a stalemate, the United States began to divert its resources from Russia's Southern Flank, Afghanistan. The United States believed that the Russians were out of supplies, and out of money to fight the war. Well, they were about to be proven very wrong. 
In February 2022, the Russian Military detonated six Nuclear Weapons across US Military bases in Iraq, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan. Three other nukes were detonated in Kabul, Jerusalem, and Dubai. After this, the Russian Military enlisting the support of the Yemen and Syrian Militaries came down across the Afghan Border and through the Caucasus region, sweeping through Afghanistan and into into Northern Iran, across into Eastern Turkey (For revenge against the Syrian invasion), and into Northern Iraq. The United States Military was initially caught off-guard by these attacks, but they were able to stop the advancements.
In response to the Russian Military campaign in the Middle East, the United States came up with a horrific plan. In Summer of 2022 the United States using it's naval blockade invaded Vladivostok in Russia as well as the Crimean Peninsula, cutting off the main Russian ports. At the same time they pushed up the Eastern Siberian Coastline up to the Stanovoy Range and the Sakhalin. The US Military initially did well, but they decided to halt there advance in response for Russia to slowly wind down there supplies, and wait until the inevitable. At the same time, the United States was able to consolidate and counterattack, and was able to drive the Russians out of the Middle East in a long hard desert warfare campaign, before they finally managed to drive the Russians back. After this, they decided to just keep going, and began to push into Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, before the commanders ordered them to stop and wait. 
=== 2023 ===
As the failure of the Russian Military was put on full display, the Russian Federation was in trouble. It's economy was on the brink and it's military modernization failure was put on full display. In Early 2023, a coup de tat in Russia occurred by a group of Military generals who called themselves "The directorate." The Directorate ruled with an iron fist and began to repress the Russian Population and they pledged to finally defeat the United States. This upset many people, and within nearly two weeks of the coup, a civil war broke out in Russia. 
The "Second Russian Civil War" was fought between many factions. The Directorate who wished to make Russia the worlds sole superpower, the Red Banner Army who was a group of hardcore Stalinists who wanted to return Russia back to the of the old Soviet Union, the White Guard who was a group of Tsarists who wanted to united all former Russian lands under a new and more Authoritarian Tsarist Regime, the Cossack Hosts who wished to revert Russia into a Cossack Kingdom, the Black Wolves who was an Elite Russian Military PMC who wanted to fight for control of power, the Chechen's who wanted there own indpendent Chechen state in the Caucasus, the Russian Loyalists who wished to restore peace and pull Russia out of the war, and Kapalkins Government. 
As Russia turned into the Syria of Asia, the United States and the European Union continued to fight the Peoples Republic of China in Southeast Asia. Things got really heated in the middle of 2023 as the Peoples Republic of China launched an invasion of the Philippines (Who was now effectively abandoned by Russia). The United States defended the country fiercely, and casualties from both sides began to amount in historical numbers. As the Peoples Republic of China began to invade the Philippines, they also attempted an invasion into the war torn occupied Afghanistan, and that went really really badly. The Chinese blamed there losses on the Ethnic Uyghur Population, and the resulting Uyghur genocide left 11.5 Million Uyghurs dead, most who fled to Afghanistan were hunted down by the Chinese, who didn't differentiate the Afghanistan population from the Uyghur. 
As the United States attempted to defend the Philippines from the Chinese, the United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, and Papua Ne Guinea began to united together for a super crazy in which the likes the world had never seen before invasion into Southeast Asia. Using a good vast majority of the US's resources, the US and there allies launched a full scale invasion into the Korean Peninsula and across Southeast Asia. Using the combined strength of the British, American, and Japanese Navies, the allies completely obliterated the Chinese 2nd Fleet that was stationed there, including wiping out China's one and only aircraft carrier. Next US, European, and Japanese fighter jets, bombers, and drones took off and raided and destroyed Chinese Factories, Military Bases, and other Chinese facilities. Next came the landings. The Americans landed at Korea and invaded from the Siberian Coast into Manchuria, the British and French into Vietnam and Burman, the Indians, Canadians, and Australians into Thailand and Taiwan. 
The Peoples Liberation Army and the US, European, British, Australian, Indian, and Japanese Militaries fought the hardest and bloodiest Military Operation in world history. However, the allies were able to push the Chinese out of Korea, Burma, Cambodia, and Southern Vietnam, a massive stalemate ensued in Southeast Asia.
=== 2024 ===
As 2024 rolled around, World War III fell into its Fourth Year, and there was no clear winner as Russia was still an absolute mess and China was still an issue, the only answer was, who would back down first? And that answer would be Russia. 
In March of 2024, the "Russian Neutral Party" became victorious in the Second Russian Civil War, and declared the "New Sovereign Republic of the Russian Federation" or "SRRF" in Russian, or in the west was known as the "New Russian Federation." The new Russian Government began immediate negotiations to pull Russia out of World War III. However, in the process, some Red Banner Army Specialists decided to not accept the victory, and went rouge. Instead of negotiating, the Red Banner Army stole two Russian Nukes, and two American Nukes. They smuggled them into three cities around the world. They demanded that the new Russian Government concede and hand over all power to the Red Banner Army. They also demanded the west immediately surrender to the "New Soviet Union" who which promptly refused. 
On March 13th, 2024, the Red Banner Army smuggled one of the nukes into London. The Russian Government notified MI6, MI5, the European Union headquarters, and the US Government about the imminent threat. Using special forces, the US, European, British, and Russian Special Forces attempted to storm the Red Banner Army's safehouse, however as they attempted to disarm the device, the device went off destroying London in the process. At the same time, the stolen American Nuclear Weapon was smuggled into Tehran, if the Nuke went off, it could prolong a war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Using American Special forces, the US Military stormed the Red Banner Army's safehouse in Tehran and used abort codes to disarm the other missing nuke. Together they smuggled the stolen nuke of out Iran. The next Russian nuke was due to be set off in Berlin since, as the Red Banner Army called it, "Retribution for the 28 Million Soviets who were lost at the hands of Germany." European Special Forces attempted to locate the nuke, but the Red Banner Army smuggled it out via a van, who detonated the bomb in Berlin. The last American Nuke that was stolen was due to be set off in Boston Massachusetts, however American Abort codes disabled the nukes warhead, rendering the entire thing useless. 
The "Nuclear Crisis of 2024" left 6.5 Million people in London and 2.4 Million people in Berlin dead, despite the best efforts of the allied and Russian Special forces. Russia was never blamed for the crisis and was found not to be at fault, a manhunt ensued for the leaders of the Red Banner Army. The Red Banner Army was found roaming around on across Europe and Asia. Via a Sabotage, the new Russian Military derailed the Red Banner Army's train somewhere in Northwest Russia, who in cold blood murdered the unarmed Red Banner Army leaders. 
After the Nuclear Crisis of 2024, the Peoples Republic of China realized that there war was pointless. Despite there ideological belief to replace the United States, the war had drained most of China's supplies, and there homeland was destroyed. In April 2024, the Peoples Republic of China announced that it would begin to sue for peace with the United States. During the ceasefire agreements, the Peoples Republic of China got to annex North Korea, Laos, and Cambodia, however Vietnam was going to be allowed an independent nation. Taiwan was also free and was going to be allowed to become a self sufficient full fledged nation and the Chinese would pull out of all occupied territories. The DMZ in Korea would be reestablished, and so would be the Republic of Korea. 
On April 11th, 2024, the ceasefire took affect, ending World War III. 
== Post World War III ==
The Third World War saw no end to the conflict as in the immediate aftermath, it saw another Cold War spark between China and the United States. The global conflict spread to almost every nation on Earth. Satellite countries in South America, Africa, and Asia switched between United States, Chinese, Russian, and European control repeatedly. However, these were mostly sideshows and did not have a notable impact on the overall course of the war. World War III also saw the deaths of over nearly 292 Million People, making it the deadliest conflict in world history up to that point. 
The United States infrastructure and military forces were utterly devastated by the attack of the Russians. Countless civilians and cities were lost from both the armies clashing. Europe was the most damaged from the constant attacks between the United States, European, and Russian forces. The European Coalition was semi-dissolved, but it would remain a permanent member of NATO and under American Occupation for about 10 years. 
The New Sovereign Republic of the Russian Federation became the new Russia, however, the Russian Federation had to reduce its military power, but was allowed to keep some of the former Soviet Republics. Since the Russian Federation was not responsible for starting World War III, it wasn't sanctioned as heavily as the European nations were. 
The Peoples Republic of China and the United States stared at each other despite signing the ceasefire, and tensions would remain very high between the two countries, and they would remain at odds with each other for many years to come. 
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