Battle of Germany

Russian troops fight European forces at Berlin, late July 2025.

Commanders and Leaders|  Alma Lindermann* Leopold Handke
* Cäsar Tischbein
* Oscar-Marius Schopenhauer von Ricthofen
* Lukas Hoffman
* Klaus Hopfner
* Archibald Gratz
* Alfred Scheerbart
* Ülrich Aschenbrener

 Emmanuel Macron (2025-2029) Laurine Béliveau (2029-2030) Alasdair Herbert Johnson Neopolo La Monda Jan-Joost Kleijn Rademaker André de Dobbeleer Christophe Barthel Leonhard Hundertwasser Anton Magnussen |  Vladimir Putin (2025-2028) Mikhail Victorovich* Masmekhov Artur Yaroslavovich
* Khvostovsky Maksim Georgiy
* Shulgin Rollan Ilyich
* Alexeyev Jaromir Yaroslavovich
* Teplova Tanya Yevgenievna
* Yaromir Mikhailov
* Karina Zakharova
* Konstantin Grigorev
* Aleksandr Kuilov

Strength| **2025**781,000 Troops in 25 Divisions* 261,000 men
* 134,000 men
* 98,000 men
* 48,000 men
* 51,000 men
* 34,000 men
* 9,000 men
* 67,000 men
* 79,000 men1,520 MBTs30,000+ miscellaneous vehicles 25,000 guns and mortars1,100+ aircraft

**2027-2029**2,346,000 Troops in 128 Divisions* 545,000 men
* 483,000 men
* 457,000 men
* 372,000 men
* 121,000 men
* 104,000 men
* 29,000 men
* 146,000 men
* 89,000 men2,400 MBTs78,000+ miscellaneous vehicles34,000 guns and mortars9,000+ artillery pieces2,000+ aircraft
* Thuringia-Saxony: 270,000 men
* Bavarian Offensive: 212,000 men 1,490 MBTs 42,000 miscellaneous vehicles 31,000 guns and mortars 2,000+ aircraft

Casualties| 438,000+ killed* 187,000+621,000+ wounded or missing500+ MBTs destroyed or damaged beyond repair22,000+ miscellaneous vehicles destroyed or damaged beyond repair10,500+ guns and mortars destroyed or damaged beyond repair2,800+ artillery pieces destroyed or damaged beyond repair400+ aircraft destroyed

### Civilian Casualties

800,000 - 1,500,000+ German and Austrian civilians killed

The **Battle of Germany** (German: ***Kampf um Deutschland***) (18 June 2025 - 5 August 2030) was a drawn-out military campaign and the largest and most decisive theater of the Russo-European War. The height of the battle saw the largest troop deployments of the entire war and the harshest urban fighting since the Eastern Front of World War 2. The Battle of Germany is identified by many historians as the definitive point of the Russo-Euro War, and the most desperate moment in European history. Estimates place it among the deadliest military operations ever conducted, comparable to Operation Barbarossa. It lasted for over five years, making it the longest military operation of the war as well.

Despite the battle being a clear Russian victory, Russian forces were so overextended and had their supply lines stretched so thinly that they could no longer make it to France, thus making the battle a European strategic victory as well. The Battle of Germany ushered in widespread devastation, comparable to that in post-World War II Germany. Nearly all major German cities were heavily damaged to some degree, with thousands of structures being completely destroyed.

The sheer amount of ordnance used in Germany contributed to the opening of the Rift, which extends through the heartland of Germany and elsewhere across Europe. The Rhine River, a major waterway that ran through Germany, now empties into the Rift in Western Germany.

## Background

### **Battle of Poland**

Beginning on January 12, 2024, European forces, led by Poland, aimed to end Russian expansion and Russia's annexing of Eastern European states. A massive force was amassed by the European states, a truly formidable force that was thought to have been undefeatable.

However, they were insufficient at successfully ending Russia's advances, suffering a string of major defeats before being pushed to the easternmost territories of Poland. By June 6, 2024, the defense was declared a failure.

#### **European Counteroffensive**

On June 29, 2024, European forces organized a counteroffensive, set to push through Poland to deter Russian columns, and then to establish footholds within Polish territory.

Once again, European forces were not able to gain any sort of critical advantages over the Russians and were forced to withdraw. Poland was declared lost on October 17, 2024.

### **Fall of Scandinavia**

Beginning on November 7, 2024, European forces were to deploy troops en masse to prevent Russian invasions through Germany, along the Oder and Neisse Rivers. Simultaneously, the bombardment of Russian forces in Poland and the Northern Balkans began.

In addition, European troops were deployed to defend the Scandinavian nations. However, Russia advanced at nearly breakneck speeds, securing victory after victory against the European forces. By January 14, 2025, Scandinavia was lost.

### **German Evacuation**

After the sudden and unexpected European defeats in Poland and Scandinavia, allied forces were evacuated from Berlin and Eastern Germany, beginning on January 29, 2025 and ending on February 24.

In Berlin, remaining forces were to have their final stand, delaying Russian advances by a projected 5 weeks. When Russian forces arrived near the city around June 18, 2025, the Battle of Germany officially began

## The Battle

### **Fall of Berlin**

On June 18, 2025, 912,000 Russian troops in 30 divisions smashed through European holdouts in Berlin with nearly a million men and a thousand tanks. In addition, sections of the city were relentlessly bombed by Russian aircraft, which European anti-aircraft missile emplacements struggled to take down due to their sheer numbers.

By August 7, 2025, after brutal urban fighting, the remaining European troops withdrew from Berlin, solidifying Russian control of the once-bustling capital city. With heavy casualties on both sides, the Fall of Berlin was a pivotal moment in the Russo-European War.

### **Six Weeks' Offensive/Saxony Campaign**

With resolve strengthened following the capture of Berlin and surrounding territories, as well as their near-complete victories elsewhere, 430,000 Russian troops and thousands of vehicles began the Six Weeks' Offensive, a planned steamrolling of Germany in record time.

The operation began on August 21, 2025, when 430,000 Russian troops under Yaromir Mikhailov and Karina Zakharova continued south from Berlin into Saxony, continuing to push European forces back. By October 5, Russian forces had taken control of much of Saxony and pushed the Europeans into Bavaria, where they were, against all odds, halted.

### **Siege of Vienna**

Near Vienna, Austria, as the Six Weeks' Offensive was raging on, a separate Russian troop formation commanded by Konstantin Grigorev mobilized and prepared to attack the city. On August 3, 2025, the smaller Russian group invaded the city, met by fierce resistance from the local Austrian soldiers. Tense urban fighting broke out, with Russians gaining some ground by August 14.

However, the tide of battle was turned towards the defending Austrians when on September 1, they managed to push the Russians back, who continued to be pushed back until they withdrew from the city to reinforce Russian troops who would begin the Bavarian Offensive. As the first major defensive victory staged by the Europeans during the Battle of Germany, the Siege of Vienna was a much-needed morale boost.

### **Bavarian Offensive**

On October 26, 212,000 Russian troops under Aleksandr Kuilov began the Bavarian Offensive, in which they again smashed through weakened European defenses, once again pushing them back. European forces quickly lost major cities like Coberg and Wurzberg.

#### **Defense at the Danube**

Being pushed back to Nuremburg, Europeans mounted a valiant defense against the incoming onslaught of Russian forces. The Defense at the Danube began on December 17, 2025, and saw heavy European casualties as Russians once again took air superiority, controlling the skies, and constantly launching air strikes on European emplacements.

On January 23, 2026, the Europeans withdrew from Nuremburg and their positions along the Danube, retreating down to the Alps, where they were able to resist further Russian advances.

### **European Counteroffensive**

The rest of the Russian forces that stayed near Berlin had advanced westward, almost as far as Hanover, by February 2026. After Russian forces had been spread thinly from Berlin to Hanover, a combined Danish, German, Dutch, Belgian and British force, numbering nearly one million, launched a counteroffensive. On February 27, 2026, the European forces had reached Celle and Soltau.

In the Alps, part of the Russian forces stationed there were reassigned to deal with the European counteroffensive in the north, decreasing Russian troop presence in the area. Taking advantage of this, the Europeans advanced forward, approaching Munich by April 2026.

#### **Battle of Uelzen**

The European advance was temporarily halted in May 2026, when Russian forces, stationed at the city of Uelzen, managed to defeat a European army outside the city. The resulting Battle of Uelzen saw some of the most intense fighting during the European Counteroffensive, with total European aerial supremacy being achieved for the first time during the Battle of Germany.

On July 23, 2026, the Battle of Uelzen was won by the European powers, pushing the battered Russians out further as more reinforcements from the south joined their ranks. However, this European victory was not without its losses, as thousands of troops were either killed or wounded, with many vehicles being completely destroyed in the urban fighting.

#### **Southern Advances**

As Russian forces continued to fall back in southern Germany, European forces had advanced as far as Regensburg. However, unbeknownst to the Europeans, the Russians were planning to consolidate their forces at certain points within their territory in order to mount an effective defense against the Europeans.

### **Operation Stronghold**

European forces approached the city of Salzwedel by September 7, 2026, while simultaneously, allied forces reached Gera in the south. Intense bombardment of European forces began while an onslaught of Russian aircraft stole European air superiority, as fire rained down from Salzwedel and Gera. Operation Stronghold, the long-term defense of current Russian territory, had begun, as Russian forces were now condensed into smaller spaces rather than being stretched thinly across Germany.

By January 2027, the European advance had stalled, and European forces desperately needed reinforcements. Gradually, more forces would come to support the battered attackers, for a total of around 1,700,000 troops total by May 2027. This, coupled with the Russians' exhausted reserves and resources in the cities, led both groups to withdraw from Salzwedel and Gera from June-July 2027.

Operation Stronghold was declared a success by Russian leadership, as they had stalled the European advance enough for them to be able to obtain reinforcements to send to the weakened Russians on the frontlines. New army groups were sent both to the north and to the south. By October 2027, Russian and European forces were battling at Braunschweig and Stendal in the north, and Erfurt and Boma in the south.

### **European Advance**

The resulting battles once again saw intense urban combat, but the combined European forces began to advance once more after February 23, 2028. Russian troops were ordered to fall back as intense bombardment of European emplacements began once more, met with air strikes on Russian forces by the renewed European air forces.

On May 13, 2028, European forces in the south had reached Leipzig and set up Dresden as a major base of operations. The divisions in the south, commanded by Oscar-Marius Schopenhauer von Ricthofen, were now planning to meet up with the army in the north, commanded by Leopold Handke and Cäsar Tischbein, at the city of Magdeburg, which had become another major Russian fortification.

#### **Battle of Magdeburg**

European forces had reached Magdeburg from the north and south by July 11, 2028, and met fierce enemy resistance and bombardment. European anti-air missiles were successful in taking out much of the aircraft that patrolled around the city, securing air superiority for the Europeans.

Allied forces began their invasion of the city, a two-pronged assault, on July 20, 2028, managing to take the city only a few weeks later, on August 3, 2028. Thus, the two major European combatant groups were consolidated into a single fighting force that was set to invade the remaining Russian strongholds in Germany and finally retake Berlin.

#### **Continued Advances**

The massive European force, now numbering around 2,346,000 troops in 128 divisions, planned the final pushes into Russian-held Germany during the Autumn months of 2028, as the battered Russians, who still outnumbered them by several hundred thousand men, continued their air strikes and awaited further advancements.

On November 16, 2028, European divisions each attacked Whittenburg, Potsdam and Luckenwalde, a coordinated attack that was supposed to further thin out the remaining Russian forces as reinforcements from Berlin and other cities were called in to help in the fight. European forces were stalled at Whittenburg, but Potsdam and Luckenwalde were both captured in a few months. During the early Winter months of 2028 to the Spring, the Europeans continued to advance towards Berlin. In May 2028, European forces assembled outside Berlin, with the invasion of the city beginning soon.

### **Liberation of Berlin**

On June 1, 2028, after harsh fighting outside of the city, European forces entered Berlin. In an ironic twist of fate, the Russians were now the ones defending Berlin from advancing Europeans. The Russian force in the city, numbering 1,800,000 strong, were whittled down over the next few months, as Europeans relentlessly bombarded Russian positions within the city.

By October 22, 2028, the city was completely surrounded by European forces, and the remaining Russian forces were forced to surrender or face utter annihilation. In this stunning Russian defeat, more than 300,000 Russians were captured and detained, with hundreds of thousands more wounded, and the rest dead or missing.

Berlin was completely liberated, but extensively devastated, by Christmas Day, 2028. European forces continued to branch out and set up Berlin as their new base of operations during the war.

### **Final Advances**

On January 12, 2029, Russian strongholds in Eastern Germany consisted of Lübben and Bautzen, with Russian forces in the north retreating to the cities along the Baltic Coast. European forces temporarily stopped their advances until a few months later in order to resupply their troops and assess the damage, but air strikes and bombing campaigns continued in order to keep the Russians weakened.

The combined and strengthened European forces restarted their offensive on May 29, 2029, as they besieged Lübben, its surrounding territories, and Pritzwalk. With Russian forces stretched into two groups at this point, and being the victims of consistent bombing for the past few months, Pritzwalk fell easily, doing so on June 17, 2029. Lübben, one of the major strongholds, saw much more resistance than was anticipated, but fell on August 26.

Europeans continued their advances in the north and south, besieging Bautzen and forcing the southern Russian group to retreat out of Germany into Poland. The Siege of Bautzen was the final battle during the liberation of Germany fought by Europeans in the southeast, so attention turned to the Russian groups in the north. Borders were fortified between Germany and Poland outside cities and towns like Dresden, Gorlitz and Cottbus.

After receiving some reinforcements from the southeast, European armies marched north, capturing Neustrelitz, Parchim, and Neubrandenburg by November 12, 2029. They reached Wismar on the coast on January 8, 2030, but were temporarily stopped at Schwerin. The Europeans, commanded by Lukas Hoffman and Alfred Scheerbart, overcame the Russians at Schwerin on February 1, 2030 and continued to advance north.

At this point, the bulk of the Russian forces in Germany, numbering less than 1,200,000 troops, occupied cities along the Baltic Coast, awaiting a potential evacuation. On April 21, 2030, 250,000 Russian troops were encircled and captured at Grimmen; their commander committed suicide to avoid capture.

#### **Russian Evacuation**

With the Russians occupying the final holdouts at Stralsund and Anlkam, they organized a mass evacuation effort with Moscow. On May 5, 2030, intense air strikes and bombings halted the European advances to the coast as Russian naval vessels approached the Baltic Coastline. Unable to act due to the sheer amount of Russian aircraft present, the European navies and air forces were unable to considerably hinder the Russians' efforts.

Miraculously for the Russians, over 800,000 Russian troops were evacuated over the course of the following months, but the Europeans managed to continue advancing north despite the Russian bombardments, and overcame the Russian air superiority. once again encircling and capturing the enemy forces.

After more than five years of devastating warfare, the Battle of Germany ended on August 5, 2030, after the Russians were either captured or evacuated from the Baltic Coasts.

## Casualties

### **European Casualties**

Over the course of the Battle of Germany, more than 438,000 soldiers had died, around 187,000 of which were German. More than 621,000 soldiers were either wounded or missing. Upwards of 500 main battle tanks were destroyed or damaged beyond repair, with 22,000+ other vehicles being lost. European forces lost more than 400 major aircraft during the conflict.

### **Russian Casualties**

Russian casualties were even more immense; Russian deaths numbered at around 556,000, with almost 1 million wounded. More than 1.300 main battle tanks were destroyed and 31,000 other vehicles were destroyed. More than 700 combat aircraft were destroyed over the course of five years.

## Aftermath

The Battle of Germany saw the Europeans at their lowest, suffering major defeat after defeat for most of the war. The Battle was declared a Russian tactical victory, as European forces were considerably weakened and Germany was heavily devastated, but the Europeans declared it a decisive strategic victory, as they stretched Russian forces thinly and had weakened them to the point that they could no longer make it to France, as they had planned.

A months years after the battle, because of the sheer amount of bombardment done to the German landscape, large rifts began to open up in the German heartland and would soon run through equally devastated areas in Europe. The opening of the European Rift and the global consequences it had effectively ended the Russo-European War.