World War III (Midnight)

World War III was a global conflict that started in 1963 and ended in 1975. It involved most of the world's nations- including the United States and USSR- and eventually became a conflict between two opposite pacts- NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 230 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, it is the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in over 210 million fatalities.

The event preceding World War III, the Cold War, had begun after World War II and was a time of political and economic tension between the US and USSR. This later became a struggle between the NATO and Warsaw Pact nations. While the Cold War did sometimes turn intense (Korean War, Vietnamese Civil War, Cuban-American War), the final straw was the Soviet invasion of West Germany in 1963.

The NATO response was a declaration of war. Immediately, the NATO nations began to fight for West Germany, but the Soviets were too strong in West Germany. Turkey was invaded in 1964 and American missile sites were taken down in response to the Cuban-American War. NATO urged China to invade the USSR, but they refused, stating that 'it was too risky'. In 1966, the Warsaw Pact invaded much of Scandenavia and Yugoslavia. Meanwhile, in Argentina and Chile, Che Guevera launched communist revolutions to support the Warsaw Pact. By 1968, Eastern Europe belonged to the USSR. However, the USA and some NATO nations began to secretly discuss the possibility of a nuclear strike on the USSR.

In 1969, China entered the war and invaded the USSR. This prompted Japan to invade the USSR and Mongolia. In Vietnam, the Communists began to turn on each other, seeing the rift between China and the USSR turning into war. South Korea was invaded by North Korea and China in 1970. The naval battles of World War III began in 1971, when Soviets invaded American Samoa. By 1973, Hawaii was invaded and Alaska was the site of war. America had been invaded. The fronts changed over and over, but the USSR gained fronts in Western and Southern Alaska. Argentina and Chile, meanwhile, was supplied with weapons so they could take Cuba back and attack the southern US, though neither happened.

In 1974, Spain, fearing a Soviet invasion, joined the Warsaw pact and helped the USSR invade France. The year 1975 saw the end of the war. China gained a major foothold in Siberia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and parts of California were taken over by the USSR, and Scotland was invaded by the USSR. Seeing a no-win solution, the Treaty of Paris was signed and World War III ended.