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World War III was a global conflict that lasted for nearly a decade, between the Pact of Steel led by Germany and the Allies led by Great Britain and the United States. It occurred throughout most of Europe with extensive fighting also taking place in Asia, Africa, and South America.

Changes in Germany
In 2020, Germany's prime elections were won by the Alternative for Germany political party. During the same year, under Germany's new leadership, multiple reforms were put in place, such as the deportation of all Muslim immigrants whom have arrived since 2014, and creating a military draft. Germany says in the final months of 2020 that it is considering leaving the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

In 2021, Muslim migrants are rounded up and deported. The Alternative for Germany party creates an alliance with the Tradition und Leben monarchist political party. During the same year, Germany announces it's plans to leave the EU and NATO by 2023. During both 2021 and 2022, Germany's military continues to rise, and during 2022, Germany begins its process of leaving the EU and NATO, by telling the NATO forces to leave Germany. The result of this caused foreign confusion over why Germany would be making these drastic changes.

In 2023, Germany's previous republic is re-placed with a Constitutional Monarchy. Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia is crowned the new German Emperor, or simply, Kaiser. Germany begins restoring monarchies to other German states. By 2024, Germany's new military stood at 550,000 troops, along with the German Navy being expanded significantly from 65 ships to 120 ships. Germany voiced support for the Hydra Coalition and condemned the North Korean government. In 2025, Germany's military is expanded to 600,000, with another military conscription beginning for men 18-27.

In 2026, Germany secretly began to fund groups whom promoted the idea of an alliance with Germany. Germany also began to influence neighboring countries directly, which drew large dislikes from the neighboring countries, specifically from Norway and the Alpine Confederation. In 2027, The Pact of Steel was created with the newly restored Kingdom of France. Ukraine would join the Pact of Steel in 2029, and once World War III began in 2031, Vietnam, United Korea, Portugal, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, and Russia would all join the Pact of Steel.

German Invasion of Benelux Union
In 2028, Germany declared war on Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands. Separating a total of 120,000 troops into six divisions designated as 1st Army. Kaiserlich Marine naval ships blocked Dutch and Belgian ports, and the Luftwaffe allowed complete air dominance during the invasion. The reason for the German invasion of the Belgium was that the formal French Republican Government was being allowed to claim legitimacy and operate. The reason for the invasion of The Netherlands and Luxembourg was that for Germany to properly invade Belgium, they needed to go through The Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Invasion proved successful, with the Benelux Union's governments capitulating quickly. The reaction from European countries proved unfavorable, with many shocked that Germany would actually do this.

In 2029, Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands became Imperial Territories.

Invasion of Denmark and Sweden
In early 2031, 200,000 German troops cross the border of Denmark and Sweden, launching an invasion upon both countries. The German Navy blocked the North and Baltic Sea, launching attacks upon any Danish or Swedish ships in port. These invasions would cause world-wide condemnation and controversy, ultimately be noted as the cause to World War III. Denmark quickly fell under German occupation, while Sweden was defended by Norway and Finland. However, not so long after Sweden's first successful offense, many of the troops that invaded Denmark would used to advance in the invasion of Sweden, as well as many Leopard 2 tanks and PzH2000 howitzers. Sweden was successfully occupied in the second invasion. Following the successful occupation of Sweden and Denmark: Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Moldova, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, and France all declared war upon the German Empire. The newly established Republic of China, Japan, India, New Zealand, and Greece all condemned the invasion and occupation of Denmark and Sweden, and provided financial and military help to the European Allies, thus starting World War III.

Outbreak of a pan-European conflict
With the declaration of war from multiple other European NATO countries and condemnation from the international community, Germany appealed to certain nations that have been largely ignored by the EU to join its side. Portugal, Croatia, Russia, Serbia, and Bulgaria all joined the Pact of Steel in 2031 in exchange for promises of territorial acquisitions. Likewise Korea and Vietnam joined the pact as well. The Italian Royalists and Spanish Nationalists, who rose up against the pro-NATO governments in their countries, were given financial and military assistance from Germany. In addition, the German government made a temporary alliance with communist governments in Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Somalia, Malawi, Morocco, and Tanzania. Thus the conflict escalated, involving even nations in Asia and Africa, creating a large-scale conflict not seen since World War II.

The United States condemned the German invasions but remained official neutral.

Romanian-Ukrainian War
Romania was among the nations that declared war on Germany in 2031 in response to the invasion of the Scandinavian countries. However, their attempts to rally the other Balkan nations and Russia to this cause failed, as the latter joined the Pact of Steel, while Romanian attempts to create a Southeastern European Defense League also failed to materialize. Around the same time, Ukraine -- which had close relations with Germany -- also entered the pact and used the ongoing chaos as an opportunity to invade nearby Moldova, which quickly fell to the 87,000 invading Ukrainian troops. The small nation attempted to resist but was swiftly defeated.

Shortly after the fall of Moldova, protests began in Bucharest and other Romanian cities that urged the government to retract the declaration of war on Germany as it became apparent that none of its neighbors would join in, and in fact many of them had joined the German-led pact. Soon enough the Bulgarian Navy, later joined by the Ukrainian Navy, blockaded Romania's short coastline on the Black Sea.

As that was happening about 43,000 troops of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, with full air support, crossed the former Moldovan border into northern Romania, targeting Satu Mare, Baia Mare, Sighetu Marmatiei, Radauti, Dorohoi, Botosani, Isai, Husi, Barlad, Galati, Tulcea, Sulina, and Constana. Since the Romanian Armed Forces were already mobilized, they were able to hold off the Ukrainian assault initially but after two months most of northern Romania fell. The invaders numbered more than 400,000 by that point. The Ukrainians eventually managed to secure the main highway leading to the Romanian capital, while in Kiev the Romanian embassy was attacked by protestors and dozens of ethnic Romanians were murdered throughout Ukraine.

A monarchist coup d'etat occurred in Bucharest in 2033 as Ukrainian troops approached the city, but were halted by Romanian forces not far from the capital. Large numbers of Ukrainian migrants were murdered in the streets of Bucharest during the protests. The new government under King Nicholas was firmly pacifist and anti-imperialist, and heeded the German Government's offer to mediate a peace agreement between them and Ukraine. After negotiations taking place in Bucharest and Kiev, done by German ambassadors in those capitals, it was agreed that Romania would secede its northern regions to Ukraine, with the exception of the city of Iasi, which remained as a Romanian enclave inside Ukrainian territory. The King and Prime Minister Vasile Petrescu signed the treaty, ending the war.

Romania would remain officially neutral until 2035, when it

The Battle of Greece
Among the first countries to condemn the German actions was Greece, and it became the target of Pact of Steel countries in the Balkans. In 2032, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Serbia launched an invasion of northern Greece, committing over 300,000 troops in total to the operation and assisted by 10,000 German troops. However, the Greek government drafted more than 2,000,000 men to fight them off, and managed to overwhelm the invaders with sheer numbers. They were unexpectedly forced to retreat, taking heavy losses. The failed invasion made the Croatian, Bulgarian, and Serbian governments less inclined to trust Germany and placed what remained of their armed forces in defense of their homelands.

Shortly after that, Ukraine unexpectedly declared war and launched the 95th Airmobile Brigade into eastern Thrace. The Greeks were taken by surprise, having most of their military on the northern border the recent invasion occurred. The German Air Force assisted them by carrying out a massive bombing campaign on Greek cities before the Hellenic Air Force could respond. Finally the Ukrainians deployed over 300,000 troops in Greece, which faced fierce resistance but were able to advance due to most Greek forces being in the western part of the country.

In 2034, about 400,000 German troops moved through the Alpine Confederation to invade Greece from the north again. The governments of its Balkan allies refused to participate. Bulgaria came under invasion from nearby Turkey, which caused the German general staff to direct some forces there as well to protect its ally. Due to the extensive damage they sustained from before and the lack of trained professional troops, the Hellenic Army was unable to keep the German advance back for long and soon large swaths of Greek lands were occupied by the Germans, while the Ukrainians advanced from the east into Greek Macedonia.

By 2036-37, most of Greece was occupied by German, Canadian, French, and Ukrainian troops, and the Greek government was attempting to evacuate from Athens to continue the fight. The Hellenic Army was scattered and in full retreat, with organized resistance breaking down. Great Britain, which joined the the war during that time, also intervened and attempted to occupy part of Greece to help the Greek government, but was forced to leave eventually.

Battle of Papua New Guinea
In 2031, United Korea invaded Papua New Guinea with 90,000 troops and a large naval fleet provided by the German Empire. Twelve naval ships blocked most of their ports as well as their trading routes, and 90,000 troops landed on the beaches of Buna, and working it's way to to Port Moresby, the capitol of Papua New Guinea. This occupation would be successful, due to Papua New Guinea having very little resistance against Korea's soldiers. Casualties remained very minimal on both sides.

United Korea's invasion and further occupation of Papua New Guinea would result in Australia being "deeply offended". Australia declared war against United Korea, with New Zealand and Indonesia supporting the Australian front. Iceland offered a compromise to both United Korea and Australia, to stop the potential war between both nations. The compromise was a non-aggression pact between United Korea and Australia, with Korea not being allowed to possibly invade and occupy New Zealand, and in return Korea gets the first Reckless-class battleship from Iceland. Australia and United Korea followed the former compromise, but Australia maintained that it would still fight against the German Empire, as well as continue the Valkyrie Project.

With ASEAN beginning attacks upon Vietnam, United Korea moved most of it's armed forces from Papua New Guinea to invade the Philippines. Australia, seeing the opportunity, invaded and liberated Papua New Guinea from Korea's control. Australia's violation of the compromise lead to United Korea's declaration of war against Australia and New Zealand.

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Africa and the Middle East
Although not very publicized nor shown, the war in Africa, unlike the war in Asia or Europe, was very violent and damaging to citizens and soldiers alike.

In 2035, the war began against East African Federation was declared by Tanzania with the invasion of Burundi and Rwanda, although the East African Federation have been making assaults on cargo and invading areas of land in 2034. The front was established between Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Due to the underdevelopment of African countries and the lack of proper military strategists, the use of guerrilla warfare and the digging of small trenches were put into play. The most used weaponry in the Tanzanian-EAF Conflict were cold war weaponry, primarily the AK-47, as it was the cheapest of military equipment. Flamethrowers were first used by Tanzania, as they were shown to be critical in destroying large fields quickly, clearing the land as well as "making the soldiers". Zambia would subsequently follow Tanzania and declare war on the East African Federation in 2035. Zambian soldiers stationed in Tanzania would often commit violent acts against both women and children alike, with female deaths increasing rapidly throughout 2035 to 2037. Due to the mass number of troops stationed within a small, concentrated area, diseases like Malaria and Ebola spread rapidly, taking many soldiers lives before being properly cured.

Another conflict rising in 2035 was the Angolan and Zambian invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, establishing another front in the African Conflict. Although not as violent as the Tanzanian-EAF Conflict, many innocent civilians were killed in attacks by both Angolan and Zambian troops.

A ceasefire was put in place in 2038, after various news outlets showing what was described as "one of the most horrific human conflicts in recent memory". In 2039, Tanzania,after occupying the regions of Rwanda and Burundi for four years, were forced to give them independence in the Treaty of Kampala. Casualties from the Tanzanian-EAF Conflict are estimated at almost 12,000,000, with over 4,000,000 of those deaths being innocent civilians, and roughly 2,000,000 deaths from disease. The end of the war proved favorable by citizens and soldiers alike, with parades and celebrations occurring for four months after the end of the conflict. The War between Angola and Zambia against the Democratic Republic of Congo continued until a formal ceasefire was established in 2039 when the Berlin Conferences were announced. Casualties for the conflict by the time of the ceasefire was declared in 2039 are estimated 5,000,000, with 1,000,000 of the deaths being innocent civilians.

War against Peru-Bolivian Empire
The war against the Peru-Bolivian Empire, which has been informally called "The Great Latin American War," is an ongoing war against the Peru-Bolivian Empire.

Pre-War
The outbreak of World War III (2031-present) saw great tension and in Latin America. The governments of Peru and Bolivia had a liking and support of the Pact of Steel and their imperialist ideas.

In 2032, Peru and Bolivia united together as one nation, and they declared themselves as the Peru-Bolivian Empire, with their capital established in Lima, Peru. They were formally recognized by the United Nations.

They immediately initiated programs to increase their military with a significant army buildup in a period of six months

Outbreak of War
In 2035, The Peru-Bolivian Empire launched an unannounced invasion of Ecuador. They advanced quickly, and captured the Ecuadorian capital city of Iquitos in under two weeks. This caused outrage throughout Latin America and Australia, as they had economic and diplomatic ties to Ecuador; many of the nations condemned the Peru-Bolivian Empire, and cut off ties to them (Mexico kept ties, but demanded that the Peru-Bolivian Empire stop if it wanted to keep the ties). Brazil and Argentina declared war against the Peru-Bolivian Empire as a response to the invasion. By 2036, Ecuador was essentially under Peru-Bolivian control.

Early War
In 2036, with the invasion of Ecuador a success, the Peru-Bolivian Empire invaded Paraguay. As a response to the invasion, Mexico cut off all ties to the Peru-Bolivian Empire, and called for the nations of Latin America to establish a coalition against the Peru-Bolivian Empire. Colombia and all Central American nations immediately rallied to Mexico's cause, and the Latin American Coalition was formed. Military mobilization and buildup was immediately initiated.

Affiliated conflicts

 * Annexation of the Pacific Confederation