PoD: A war starts in East and West Germany, eventually encompassing the entirety of the world because of diplomatic relations.
Tensions Arise[]
Diplomacy was increasingly harder to preform. The main concentration of these diplomatic disasters was East and West Germany, usually on the topic of the Berlin Wall. As GDR diplomat Konrad Gleich put it "Every word was twisted until little of the original word was left". With the militarization of the West, already made worse by the Cold War, East Germany was worried an attack on the Warsaw Pact through West Germany would leave the entirety of GDR physically and politically destroyed. The Nationle Volksarmee (NVA) was immediately the first concern to keep the GDR, and the rest of the Eastern Bloc, safe. Every country within the Communist Bloc, had been ordered by the Soviet Union to donate 1000 of their best troops for "International Security". The USSR had hopes they would get a chance like this to create their international state militia. Officially called "International Security for the Warsaw Pact and Communist Bloc", but was abbreviated to ISWPCB. While this was happening, West Germans feared an assault from East Germany, a cruel act of irony. NATO, wishing to keep their closest front to the Warsaw Pact safe and secure, had given West Germans access to massive military supplies. Poor diplomacy and ineffective political leaders lead to extreme political tensions, which could snap at any given time. Those tensions finally snapped, when a politburo accidentally dropped a paper which was later picked up by an a NATO spy. The beginning of World War Three was going to start in 12 hours.
The War Starts[]
West Germany, seeing the paper, acted immediately. The 1st NATO Armored Infantry Division "Democracy" was the first division to reach East German territory. Under command of NATO Colonel Richard King, the division had the main goal of getting to the city of Berlin as soon as possible. Following "Democracy" were the 135th NATO Infantry Division "Liberator" and 56th NATO Armored Infantry Division "Commander", both of seeking to secure as much East German territory before intense fighting broke out. East Germans tried to mobilize their forces as soon as possible. The only division ready to fight the charging Democracy was the 21st Ostfront Corps. Ostfront, under command of Hauptmann Karl Kaufmann, knew the only way to defend East Germany was to either charge the already prepared Democracy, or fortify Berlin was much as possible. However, Ostfront had to deal with the small but effective NATO militias in West Germany, causing Ostfront to start a small skirmish with the groups. Easily defeating the small groups, Kaufmann quickly took over the rest of Berlin, and had his men create a makeshift "Western Berlin Wall". Karl then divided his men into two groups. The "Western Berlin Line" was given the task of protecting the front lines, while the "Eastern Berlin Line" had orders to stay behind the wall, in case front lines broke. Giving the front lines orders to hold the land at all costs, and if it ordered by Kaufmann himself, to fall back to Berlin Wall positions.
Battle of the Berlin Wall[]
Democracy, not halting its charge towards Berlin, was about to run into the bloodiest battle of the Third World War. The first line of Democracy soldiers were completely obliterated by defensive positions. Richard King, knowing the importance of the first battle of this war, ordered his men to keep charging, and take down as many soldiers with them. The second line of soldiers hit Ostfront positions hard, but not at massive casualties. Democracy was down half of its men, and Ostfront positions were still standing strong. In a stroke of luck, Liberator had finally made it to the front lines, and with Commander in tow, a massive assault was about to happen. When Commander finally got to NATO camps, the forces were being divided into three, mirroring the tactic of Shaka Zulu. The following push is remembered by history as "Bloody then Stalingrad". NATO Soldier Benjamin Jenkins recalled "The Germans had done the impossible, make a wall of bullets". After the bloody fighting, the Western Berlin Line had finally given, but not an extreme losses. Karl Kaufmann had his men still fortify the Berlin Wall, knowing the impending attack was going mean who controlled Berlin for most of the war. Fortunately for Kaufmann, Democracy and her company were still reeling from their losses, giving him time to get other divisions down to East Berlin. But the push Kaufmann was waiting for wouldn't come until next week, as Democracy had to wait for NATO reinforcements.
Soviet Campaign[]
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, hearing about the fighting at Berlin, mobilized there troops to target the heart and soul of NATO, the United States of America, and would target Alaska and move through Canada, eventually getting to the Northern States. The Soviet Field Army "Stalingrad" was set to attack Alaska first, and clear a path through Canada. Charging into the Relatively uninhabited Alaskan landscape, their first fight would be with Canada. The USA, hearing about the charging Soviet Army, attempted to help Canada, a fruitless endeavor. The Army effectively crushed the eastern half of Canada, and had a massive section of occupied territory for Soviet Troops to move through. Then Northern States Militias were given increasingly heavier weaponry, as a Soviet assault as inevitable.