Battle of the Shilka

The Battle of Shilka, also known as the Sino-Russian Offensive, was a small but pivotal battle of the Third World War that took place between 12 December 2024 and 5 February 2025 on both sides of the upper reaches and surrounding areas of the Shilka River in Russia. It was launched through the confluence of the rivers Onon and Ingoda in Zabaykalsky Krai. American Generals Jack Pershing and Arthur Callahan led the main body of volunteer militias against Russian units and Armenian auxiliaries garrisoned along the river in order to defend against a precipitating Allied invasion. Vladimir Putin placed Field Marshal Vladimir Penköv in command of Russian and Armenian forces and of developing fortifications along the Sino-Russian border in anticipation of an Allied invasion, due to prior successes in North Korea and China.

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stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.

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