User:TheOneMadman/World War Three (Initium Novum)

World War III(often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3) also known as the Third World War or The Cascadium War, Was a global war that started on the 4th of August, 2023 and ended on the 8th of January, 2041. It Involved most nations of the world, with the two major combatants being the Global Treaty Organization, led by the United States of America, and the Confederacy of Allied Eurasian States, led jointly by the Russian Federation and the Peoples Republic of China. It was, at that point, the largest war in history, involving at least 750 million people from all recognized nations,( excepting the Holy See). In places with active fighting, many civilians aided in the war effort of their nation.

World War III was the second deadliest conflict in history at that point, with as many as 70 million casualties, many of which were soldiers. Civilian casualties were severely lowered from that of the previous global war, World War II, mainly because of cacadium shielding technology making nuclear weapons virtually useless.

The war began as a result of rising geopolitical tension between the United States of America, the Russian Federation, the Peoples Republic of China, and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in the mid-late 2010's. The threat of nuclear war kept these nations from declaring war on each other until 2019, when the first samples of the mineral cascadium were found in the Cascades in the United States and in the Magadan Oblast in Russia. The Unique crystalline properties of cascadium allowed energy shields to be created for the first time, meaning that the two sides could protect their cities from nuclear attacks. The war officially began when, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The Commonwealth of Nations, and the European Union formed the Global Treaty Organization, a military alliance specifically designed to combat Russia and China