World War 3 (Infinite Spaces)

Noticed: This belongs to the infinite spaces universe and is not accurate (I hope) to actual events.
World War III was a massive conflict spanning the globe from 2027 to 2031. The war saw the two superpowers, the United States and China, fight to push their goals on the planet, and evenaulty elements of both sides teamed up when it was discovered that Nazi German officials were brought back by an alien force known as the Dominion.
Before the War:
Tensions have been rising for a while since the end of the Cold War. With the Soviet Union's collapse, leaving behind Russia and other republics, only the United States and the People's Republic of China were close to their peers, though the PRC was still far behind the U.S., leaving them as the top dogs for about 20 years.
However, by the time the 2010s came, the U.S. realized that the PRC was catching up to them in their own capabilities. This made the U.S. started to move assets towards the Pacific in preparation for a war to come, but other things kept getting in the way.
Russia, though not as strong as they were before, thought they were as they seized Crimea. When no one bothered to deal with them, besides some minor sanctions,. Russia was bold enough to try to take all of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Iran was trying to expand its revolution to other Middle Eastern countries. They already somewhat did this in Iraq, or what was left of it after American troops left in 2007. This made many countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Jordan, along with others, scared as Iran moved to make a nuclear weapon, leading to threats to them all three that if Iran got a nuclear bomb, they would need to make their own. Only Israel doesn't need them, as they have a serect nuclear program from the 1960s.
This wasn't helped by the election of Donald Trump in 2016, leading to a crisis of faith. Luckily, he is no longer president, as he lost to Biden, but still has a cult following that is a problem for the U.S. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. and NATO, along with several other allies, invested money and weapons. This showed the world how much Russian corruption caused it to fail. While the war was still costly for Ukraine, it resulted in over 500,000 deaths of both military personnel and civilians.
Then the Israel-Hamas War happened in 2023. This led to high civilian deaths on both sides due to the high density of the Gaza Strip. This forced the U.S. to send more forces, including two aircraft carriers, to the region when they were needed in the Pacific to counter the rise of China.
Due to both of Russia and China's actions, many of their neighbors felt threaten by both resulting in Sweden and Finland joining NATO, though Sweden took much longer then Finland due to both Turkey and Hungary blocking them. This lead to tensions within the alliance as Sweden was finally accepted without the approval of both Turkey and Hungary. Ukraine join later after Russia withdraw and fell into their country in 2025.
In the Pacific, this led to Japan opening a NATO office in Tokyo, while South Korea and the Philippines increasing their collaborating with the United States, along with Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Laos and Vietnam became allies of the United States during this time as well.
Indonesia was caught in a hard place, as it was in debt to China, but was more favorable to the United States then China. Meanwhile, India was trying to more ally itself with the U.S. and the West, but was having its own problems like killing a Canadian civilian and an organizer of plots, leading to some tensions between the west and India. 
Things in the Americas, though, weren't so hot either. In 2024, Venezuela decided to attack Guyana, leading a short, but bloody war as U.S. forces along with Brazilian, Uruguayan and Colombian troops force Venezuelan forces to retreat from Guyana.
Meanwhile at the same time, Argentinean President Javier Milei was elected. Known as the Chainsaw man, he has threaten war with the United Kingdom over the Falklands again, which the United States didn't tolerant. 
THE 2024 PRESIDENTAL ELECTION:
This all came to a head in during the 2024 precedential elections. China and Russia hope that Trump would be reelection so they could have free rein over the world and destroy the alliances the U.S. has made. Luckily for the Liberal world order, though, most Americans weren't idiots are most thought and Biden won a second term, leaving the Republican Party to faulter and become even more aggressive, allowing Dominion assets to infiltrate the group.
With Biden's reelection a success, China knew they were going to fight the U.S. and her allies no matter what, so they prepared for the largest war humanity would ever face until the Dominion War of the 27th Century.
2027: THE WAR BEGINS:
When 2027 came, China knew they only had one chance for world dominance and to destroy the United States and her allies. So they prepared for war to start by invading Taiwan in October.
Taiwan was very important to Chinese ambitions. It is a democracy, and according to China, belongs to them. It also would allow them to break the first island chain, a chain of islands that block communist forces during the Cold War.
But the major problem was the U.S navy. Not only it had the second largest air force in the world, but it had 14 aircraft carriers, compared to China's 5. They had to take them out or at least keep them away so their invasion could be successful. 
Of course, China had been stockpiling thousands of missiles, both of anti ship and ballistic variety. But many higher ups believe something else was need.
So in early 2027, the Chinese Space Force latch a Protype of an Orbital Bombardment System into Orbit around the Earth. Filled with 20 tungsten rounds, one of the most dense materials known to man, it was made to rain destruction anywhere on Earth. A major weakness, though, was the weapon was only a protype and they only had one. 
This should have broken the Outer Space Treaty. However, since it was tungsten and not weapons of mass destruction and it was latch in serect as a normal space latch, it went by most scanners, though the United States Space Force was skeptical of it.
To prepare for the war, China begin even more grey zone tactics in the Pacific region, buzzing ships and planes as the United States moved even more forces to the region, including new Ford Class Aircraft Carriers, B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers and B-52 Stratofortress bombers to bases in South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Australia and to bases on Guam and in Hawaii.
China, meanwhile, has been trying to sway the world away from the U.S. But with its debt trap diplomacy clear as day to many, even to countries in the Belt and Road Initiative, it didn't win much hope. The only countries that agreed with China were Iran, Syria (Iran's puppet), Putin's forces(Putin himself and any surviving loyalists as Russia at this time was still in their Civil War), Pakistan, Burma Azerbaijan, North Korea and Laos. But there were a few others. 
Serbia was a odd one as they were trying to get into the EU. However, by this point, they knew NATO and the EU wouldn't accept them or their control over Kosovo. They were also an close friend of the Putin Loyalists fighting in Russia. 
Venezuela had a different story. They need China a lot after their failed seizure of Guyana and their collapsing economy made them seem red with revenge against the United States, along with Cuba, who had die hards that wanted to see the U.S. burn. 
Their final ally was surprising a old U.S. partner, Ethiopia. But this wasn't really directly at the U.S. Merely, it was use to be able to attack Eritrea and Egypt. 
October 25, 2027:
Knowing that they had only a limit window to invade Taiwan and destroy the U.S. forces in the area before it became impossible, they decided to attack on October 25, where the strait of Taiwan was able to be cross. But somethings got in the way.
The U.S. knew a war was coming and it wasn't dumb to the fact of the Chinese military build-up and so was NATO, resulting in Sanctions. Now the clock was ticking down even faster for China as they prepared their Kinetic Bombardment System for battle.
But as they were beginning to fire onto the U.S. and other allied forces all over the world, two individuals got into the way.
Segreant Nuke "William" Hunter and Private John "Soap" MacTavish were out in Space enjoying themselves as they were on leave from the U.S. Marines when they stumbled.
They didn't even know what it was or was suppose to find it, but the Chinese Soldiers station their were ordered to kill anyone who got near and that meant them. 
However, what the Chinese Soldiers didn't know was that both of them were part of the part of the Space Combat Initiative, a special branch of the U.S. Military who would fight the future wars. 
So after missing their shoots at the two, a battle for the Space Station begin as it was clear to both of them this wasn't for peaceful purposes. This cause the Space Station to fire its weapons before it was suppose to. Unknowing, this would cause the fall of the Revisionist Powers in the war. 
It was only able to fire about 12 of the 30 rods before the station was destroyed by Nuke and John. Later pick up by the International Space Station, they became key players in the war. 
Due to the fast nature of the rods, they were really hard to intercept, hitting targets such as the U.S.S Ronald Reagan, which tear the ship in half due to a lucky hit, Guam, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city, the northern parts of the Philippines, Brisbane and Tokyo, which killed over a million people within an hour of the strike. 
Within a few hours after the attacks, Tokyo, Brisbane, Kaohsiung, Guam were destroyed, along with a good 1/4 of the allied fleet, though less aircraft carriers were hit then expected, saving the U.S. most needed accent.
When the PRC realized that not only they lost their Orbital Weapons Platform, but also struck multiple civilian targets and realized that their couldn't be a surprise attack, so they latch a EMP and electronic attack against the U.S. to try to hid it. But it was too late and the entire world saw what China did. 
Europe was enraged by this, as many on the condient, mostly Western Europe, had despite warnings from the U.S, believed it was just a space station to advance Earth's space dominance, turned out to be a Orbital Bombardment System that destroyed entire cities in the Pacific. 
Because of the attack on Guam and multiple friendlies or allies in the pacific, NATO declared war against China, uniting most of Europe with the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia and Canada. 
South Korea tried to stay out of the escalating war, but it didn't get a chance as early in the morning of December 1, 2027, North Korea struck the south, being unleash by China. 
== The Korean Front (2027) ==
War was already beginning to rage in the Pacific. Luckily for the South, the rods that were aimed for South Korea missed their targets, hitting Japan or the sea instead. 
 
Due to this near miss and seeing the results of the destruction that happened in Taiwan, Japan and in several areas, they tried to stay out of the escalating war. However, they won't get a chance.
It was early in the morning of December 1, 2027 when the North Korean MLRS and artillery begin pounding the south, with most being aimed at South Korea's largest cities, including Inchon and Seoul, resulting in massive civilian deaths.
Following the sudden invasion, South Korea declared war on North Korea and China, forcing their hand. It was no serect that China could and would release the hold they had on North Korea during a war with the U.S and they couldn't let U.S troops stage their for a invasion.
This was already a problem for the South Korean army, as they only have 500,000 strong with about 30,000 American forces compared to over a million strong North Korean army and it would be a while, possibly months until a corridor could be opened to allow allied forces to get to the South Korean ports.
But that wasn't the time to worry, as the North Korean 1st army, the cream of the crop or about as highly standard as you can get in North Korea, was attacking Seoul. The strategy was simple. Take Seoul and hold the citizens hostage. 
Within a few hours, despite heavy fire from the South Korean side of the DMZ, the North Koreans manage to break through due to their heavy usage of chemical weapons, violating the Probation of Chemical Weapons treaty. While most South Korean and American forces had chemical protection gear, the heavy usage of nerve agents lead to high numbers of deaths. 
By December 4th, three days after the North invaded, the American and South Korean armies were in steady retreat around Seoul, which was already heavy polluted by Chemical and biologic weapons and dealing with a massive evacuation as large numbers of civilians fled. 
From Dec 5th to Dec 15th, the South Korean and American forces battled the North Korean forces in Seoul, resulting in over 500,000 deaths, many coming from the North Koreans. 
Retreating down south, the city of Inchon became a massive battleground as North Korean forces rush in. Luckily (or unluckily for any civilians left in the city) for the allied coalition, they manage to hold the line, creating a line across the Korean Peninsula. 
== Taiwanese Front (2027) ==
With the city of Kaohsiung being destroyed by the Chinese space rods, Taiwan prepare their forces for a Chinese invasion and they were right to worry. 
On October 31, 2027, PLARF (People's Liberation Army Rocket Force) latch thousands of ballistic, cruise and normal missiles across the Taiwan Strait and at various targets across the Pacific Ocean. 
Since it was an all or nothing gambled, many struck at non military targets, resulting in thousands of deaths, and highly damaged their cities, including Taipei, the capital city. 
While the missiles were striking Taiwan, the Chinese navy massed and moved across the strait. While many Chinese missiles struck their targets, there were still many anti ship missiles, including LARSMs and Harpoons that were use to strike the Chinese warships. 
== Tehran's Invasion (2027) ==
== The Worlds Reaction ==
== 2028: The World Burns ==
As the year turned into 2028, the war showed no sign of slowing down. In fact, it seemed to escalate even quickly.
== Escalation in Africa (2028) ==
== America erupts into flames ==
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