World War III

World War III (WWIII or WW3), also known as the Third World War, was a global war that lasted from mid 2019 to early 2020. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all the super powers—forming a military alliance: the Allied Coalition to contest and de-power the several rouge states that had risen to prominence in the proceeding decade. In a state of total war, directly involving more than 50 million personnel from more than 40 countries, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War III was the deadliest conflict in 21st century, resulting in over 1 million fatalities.

World War II is generally considered to have begun on 19 October 2019, with the invasion of Saudi Arabia by Middle Eastern Coalition, a resurgent Islamic State. The MEC subsequently managed to conquer vast swaths of Saudi Arabia in the Crescent Campaign, mainly due to the incompetence of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces. A coalition of several Islamic states fought a delaying action against the oncoming MEC forces near the cites of Mecca and Medina, to allow the evacuation of several artifacts important to Islamic religion. By November 2019, the same Islamic coalition now the backing of the Oskani government, Southern Levant, and Turkey launched Operating Rising Sandstorm, Operating Galila, and Operation Northern Watch, which were a series of sweeping campaigns that sought to conquer the MEC, and return the Middle East to it's pre war borders. The operation drew several comparisons to Operation Desert Storm, due its scale, similar location, and equal effectiveness.

Indochina, which aimed to established itself as global leader, tried to intervene South American invasion of Florida in late October in a attempt to showcases it's military might to the world. To curb Indochina's growing influence, the several nations of North America secretly operated as co-belligerents against the Indochinese forces in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The war eventually ground to a standstill with both side facing off against each other across the United Nations trade protection zone which was enacted to protect trade that traveled through the Panama Canal.

The standoff continued for several weeks before PACODO initiated Operation Tropic Freedom on December 2nd, 2019. The operation which received authorization from a secret meeting of the United Nations Security Council, aimed to de power the rouge states of the Indochinese Federation and the South American Federation. These countries according to Secretary General of PACODO Dmitry Medvedev "represented the greatest threat to global security in the modern era". Prior to the operation, the combined economic powers of the North American countries as well as the Commonwealth countries initiated a controlled economic shock to both countries in one of the most successful Economic warfare applications in modern history. The operation opened with the Battle of Galapagos, estimated to have been the largest naval battle in history which destroyed both the Indochinese Expeditionary Force and the South American Pacific Fleet in one action. On the same day, the invasion of India and invasion of Indochina began, which saw PACODO forces engaging the Indochinese Armed Forces in a vast sweeping campaign across the entirety of the of Southern and South East Asia. The campaign saw numerous victories for the Allied Forces, with victory in India being achieved by January 20th 2020.

During the hostilities in the South China Sea, the Indochinese successfully mounted an amphibious invasion on the Philippine island of Luzon, opening the Philippine Theatre of World War III and the Luzon campaign. This theatre of war was characterized by heavy jungle fighting between the newly modernized Philippine Army versus well trained Indochinese Marines, culminating in a push back and the responding Commonwealth invasion of Palawan.

In the western hemisphere, the Kennedy Plan was initiated a few hours prior to the initiation of hostilities in the North American theatre of World War III. Upon the initiation of hostilities, a combined forces from New Orleans, the Southern Union, and Columbia conducted a invasion of South American Florida, pushing out South American Army elements. At the same time as the initiation of the invasion of Florida, the South American military launched an airborne invasion of numerous islands in the Caribbean, including Commonwealth islands. This airborne invasion was a disaster, although it allowed South American Marines to establish a beachhead and eventually invade Hispanola until pushed back by New England and Canadian marine units. Numerous battles between Commonwealth Naval units and North American naval and marine units versus South American units took place, with the Caribbean culminating in the Invasion of Puerto Rico as a staging point for the later invasion of South America.

Opening the South American theatre of World War III up with the largest amphibious operation in human history, Operation Caligula aimed to completely dismantle the South American Armed Forces and also topple the South American ruling regime. Through various offensives south, the South American theatre was characterized by heavy jungle fighting reminiscent of the Fiji War, heavy suburban combat between cities of the South American Federation, and last but not least heavy urban combat reminiscent of the Battle of Berlin during World War II. This theatre also saw the last combat deployment of heavy shell naval units, with Battleships and Heavy cruisers firing shells during the Battle of Finchland as offshore fire support. It also saw the deployment of Stealth aircraft against each other, with South American Air Force F-22s fighting against F-35s of the allied coalition in primarily close range fights that saw the skill of allied airmen prevail with zero losses.