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World War III
World War III (第三次世界大戦) (alternatively written World War Three and World War 3, also referred to as Third World War) was a global war, lasting from October 19 to October 30 of the current year of the Toaru Majutsu no Index timeline, between two opposing great powers and alliances: Russia, controlled by both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, and Academy City with its allies.

The Roman Catholic Church, under the influence of God's Right Seat, manipulated events in order to ensure Russia's alliance with it, specifically that of the Russian Orthodox Church. France sided with the Catholic Church due to its long held animosity against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who was allied with Academy City. Other countries like China and India would later join the war on the side of Academy City, while Japan would remain neutral by being subtly threatened by Academy City of being left on its own defending against Russian attacks should it interfere. Russia also used the pretext of the war to invade a neighboring neutral country, the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations, having been hostile to its existence since it seceded from Russia years prior. The United States of America were the only ones left out: as they were gearing up for it, the war ended before they could pick a side.

Outside of the geopolitical causes, the war was also the result of a series of incidents and skirmishes between the Magic and Science Sides, notably involving the Catholic Church and Level 0 Kamijou Touma, a secret conflict that would bleed into the "normal side" and create the first open war between magic and science that both sides had been trying to prevent since even before the start of the story.

Ultimately, in reality, the world war was actually part of the plan of a single man, Fiamma of the Right, manipulating the great Churches and even God's Right Seat to do his bidding, and arranging circumstances to allow his Star of Bethlehem project to succeed and become La Persona Superiore a Dio.

World War III would be a significant turning point in the political alignment, climate, and social structure of the globe. Most countries, like Russia itself, whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery and expansion, assisted by Academy City. On the magic side, the power of the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church were weakened. As a result, the world would tilt more towards the science side, and, as its single major representative and organization, Academy City gained much more power following their victory. Following the Star of Bethlehem project at the end of the war, the world is slowly beginning to recognize the existence of the occult, like the American President Roberto Katze. When it is not handwaved away as the psychological phenomenon "Third War Syndrome", people aware of the occult and that would normally be on the normal side make plans to prepare against the magic side or even manage to mix science and magic.

The magic-based terrorist group GREMLIN would also come about as a result of the war, born out of resentment of Fiamma of the Right, the Roman Catholic Church and their Christian Alliance with the Russian Orthodox Church having been made the "representatives" of the whole Magic Side in the war despite never having chosen them, and their losses against the Science Side being forced on the rest of them. They are thus a new type of occult, created to devour the newly made powerful science side and declaring their own war on Academy City.

Finally, the war would result in Aleister's Plan, already fraying the seams, to be completely derailed because all the rules of the "old world", including the parts Aleister had controlled, were all gone.

Forming of Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations
In recent years, several small nations to the west of Russia seceded from it and declared independence, forming the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations, because they did not agree with what Russia had been doing in recent years. Because of their declaration of independence and the opening of an access route to Eastern Europe which freed the landlocked countries from its indirect influence, Russia is hostile to the alliance and its countries, viewing them as a nuisance, and had been looking for reason to invade them ever since.

Tensions between the United Kingdom and the European Union
Several years prior to the British Halloween, with the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, the European Union adopted a treaty that specifically banned the weapons the UK was developing and required them to give up their nuclear arsenal to France. The official reason given was because, as France would be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons within the EU, they would therefore have the technology needed to safely disassemble them. This severely weakened the military prowess of Britain and served as a show by the EU being capable of provoking the country with impunity. This treaty was taken in stride by Queen Elizard, though people like Princess Carissa had a problem with this.

Academy City–Roman Catholic Church Cold War
Since at least July of the current year, speculations of a possible war between magic and science had been made, with things like Academy City dealing with the traitorous Russian shopping mall , and arms race on both sides like the Astra Reorganization project and the Space Elevator Endymion being taken as preparations for the upcoming conflict. The tension between the Vatican and Academy City was the most concrete example of this. Although Lidvia Lorenzetti's plans to take over Academy City using the Croce di Pietro were apparent before any obvious animosity existed between the City and the Church, the start of the cold war began after the events of Orsola Aquinas' rescue. That is due to the fact that the Roman Catholic Church was weakened due to the events of this arc. With the destruction of their main fighting strengths Gregorian Chant and the Agnese Forces, as well as the Anglican Church gaining the Amakusa Christians, the Roman Catholic Church was put in a vulnerable enough position in allowing Lidvia Lorenzetti to set-up the Croce di Pietro in Academy City, to tip the already crumbling balance between the world's factions into their favor.

Takeover attempt on the Daihaseisai
A rather non-violent attempt at taking over Academy City was implemented by Lidvia on September 19 of the current year of the timeline using the Croce di Pietro. Despite her efforts however, the plan is foiled and both she and her hired mercenary, Oriana Thomson are later detained by the Church of England. With their failure and with the Croce di Pietro lost, the events of September 19 would force the Roman Catholic Church to opt for the total destruction of Academy City instead of capturing, by reviving an ancient weapon of the church, The Queen of the Adriatic Sea.

Mobilization of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico
Although violent, the main conflict between Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church could have been prevented by the usage of the antiquated La Regina del Mare Adriatico, which could utterly destroy all of the science side in a single blow. However, after the Battle of the Adriatic Sea, the La Regina del Mare Adriatico and its Queen's Fleet were destroyed, Biagio Busoni was captured, and a powerful group of nuns, the Agnese Forces, later defected to the Anglican Church.

The event severely weakened the Roman Catholic Church and further strengthened the Anglican Church. The failure of the act and the presence of Kamijou Touma in several events were the Roman Catholic Church failed in their endeavors sealed the fate of a world in conflict.

0930 Incident
Roman Catholic Church forces later tried to strike a preemptive blow to Academy City through the direct attack by Vento of the Front. Many citizens of Academy City and most likely the rest of the world were affected by Vento of the Front's Divine Punishment, which would've been used as the opening for the Roman Catholic invasion forces to impale the citizens of Academy City.

The main goal of the invasion was to assassinate Kamijou Touma, who by now, has become the core of the conflict between the two forces, as an enemy of God and quickly take over Academy City before it can counter-attack. This would have most likely prevented a war with Academy City and its allies.

However, the plan fails with the defeat of Vento of the Front and the destruction of the Roman Catholic invasion forces. With the appearance of Fuse=KAZAKIRI and the blatant usage of magic of the Church, conveniently covered up as an outside esper program, both sides criticize each other's claims, and later demands of concessions and compromises could not be reached.

Anglican Church–Russian Orthodox Church Prewar Conference
The two great Churches of Europe met in London in St. George's Conference to discuss their stance of the upcoming war. The meeting was inconclusive apparently as the Churches could not decide who to ally with, and in the end the Anglican Church remained loyal to Academy City while the Russian Orthodox Church seemed neutral.

The Interceptor Show
Academy City prepare themselves for the war to come by sending out rockets into the sky in order to make people speculate what their contents are, as they believe the more the possibilities the people can speculate, the more effective it is in holding others in check. Moreover, already prepared for chaos ahead, Academy City already had weapons and tools manufactured, and made it so that they could take control of the aftermath of the chaos, though seemingly they waited for the right chance to make use of it.

The Anti-Academy City October riots and the Avignon Incident
After the failure of bringing the other two great churches, Anglican and Russian, to its side, the Roman Catholic Church started looking for a way to force the Russian Orthodox Church to end its neutrality and join it, as it came to know that the Anglican Church had a relationship with Academy City. As the power balance between Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church was very equal, the joining sides could very well tip the balance, and so it was imperative to stop the Russian Orthodox Church from joining Academy City.

And so, in October, the C-Document was activated in Avignon,, sparking worldwide riots against Academy City begin from every Catholics.

Although dealt with, the show of power made the Russian Church to ally itself with the Roman Catholic Church.

The overall incident dealt an economic blow which America took the brunt of - this led to investors moving their attention elsewhere and while facing a crisis, they feared the and  markets becoming more active, and were willing to sabotage their enemies. The war between the and Euro would later affect the circumstances of the European countries pressuring the United Kingdom under the Roman Catholic Church's influence and the Eurotunnel bombing, which led to Carissa's coup d'état.

Declaration of War
Prior to the start of the war, the President of Russia, I. Krainikov, declared war on Academy City:

Now is the time for efforts to protect the world and all of mankind who fight to continue living in this world.

In today's world all of humanity faces similar crises: The greenhouse effect, rising sea levels caused by environmental damage, and the shortages of oil and other fossil fuels. All such world-wide events are the result of a single culprit: Academy City of Science and Technology. If we do not put a halt to their continuous abuse of science and technology in such a disorganized manner, then this planet, and all who live in it, will face extinction.

To protect our common humanity, and the future of all forms of life on this planet, Academy City ought to halt all projects and pursuits currently undertaken. Moreover, in order to analyze and solve problems common to all walks of life, I hereby demand the holder of the most advanced technology on this planet give full access of that technology to myself.

Despite continuous pursuit of a peace proposal, Academy City has mercilessly rejected all such attempts. Such rejection demonstrates that Academy City continually defies integration into the global community. I had planned to wait until determining their purpose and the motivation behind it, but to live on this planet while it is in crisis, a crisis that exposes all forms of life to the existence of evil, is something I will not tolerate.

I will wait until 0:00 Moscow Standard Time on October 19 for Academy City's reply. If they have not submitted their answer by such time, I will interpret their lack of response as a declaration of war, and will immediately consider the use of offensive engagements with intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Furthermore, I will consider the friendly relations Academy City currently maintains with Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and making similar judgments. If Academy City continues to insist on selfishly pursuing their own interests and, moreover, ignoring the plight of all outside forms of life, I shall recognize them as an enemy. For our posterity and the posterity of all future generations, we shall fight them wholeheartedly.

October 18, Great Command of the Russian Federation, Soldier I. Krainikov

Proclamation of Armistice
We can't let this meaningless war continue.

Our side has clearly examined the conditions proposed by Academy City, and we will continue to discuss this. We'll negotiate about the details, but we can assure that Russia will not end up disadvantaged.

In the past, we ignored the advice of the public, followed the suggestions of a few people and were unable to undo our choice. As for how tragic the situation was, I suppose everyone knows it better than I do. Regarding this historical error, we can't make any excuses.

At least what I can do is to end all these abnormal situations as soon as possible, and let the world regain the peace that it should have had.

Before all of these end, we shall be punished.

So before that, please give me some time.

A minority may be unhappy with this result, and may feel that putting down our arms isn't what we should do. However, I want everyone to calm down and think: what were we fighting for? If it's to fight for our family, our friends, our lovers, all the people that are important to us, this is the time, the moment to get all of 'these'. Continuing to fight on will only cause you to lose 'these'.

The thing that made us recognize this were the actions of everyone on the battlefield.

Facing the supernatural disaster near the end of the war, we chose a 'correct' move that's way above us, helping everyone, enemies and allies, without any difference. I believe that we can accept this ending.

From now on, I declare that all fighting will cease. I hope for everyone to agree with this decision, and will be recorded for a future peaceful world to see.

30th October, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church

Krans R. Tsarskiy

Aftermath

 * Destruction of God's Right Seat
 * Change of Pope for the Roman Catholic Church
 * Kamijou Touma declared MIA
 * Disbandment of the organizations of the Dark Side of Academy City
 * Restructuration of ITEM
 * Revelation of Aleister Crowley's survival to the whole world

Categories
Events Military operations and conflicts

World War III Arc
The World War III Arc is a major and the final arc of the Toaru Majutsu no Index light novels, spanning Volumes 20, 21 and 22. It is a culmination of all the previous arcs, a magic-science war between Academy City and Russia, controlled by the Roman Catholic Church, itself under the influence of God's Right Seat. However, the war was actually part of the plan of Fiamma of the Right, manipulating the great Churches and even God's Right Seat to do his bidding.

Due to the forces that are composed in the war, it marks the first conflict that both the Magic and Science Sides have been trying to prevent since even before the start of the story.

The story arc focuses on the three protagonists, Kamijou Touma, Accelerator, and Hamazura Shiage, heading deep into Russia in order to save the one they hold dear just as the entire world plunges into a Third World War. In order to save Index, Touma is hunting down the leader of God's Right Seat Fiamma of the Right, the man who stole the spiritual device that controls Index and now has sparked a global conflict in order to fulfill his ambitions.

Categories
Story Arcs Toaru Majutsu no Index Story Arcs

References/Notes

 * the EU war front pressing in towards Moscow from Eastern Europe (vol 21 ch. 7 part 7)
 * After the war was over, there were a large number of eyewitness reports regarding supernatural phenomenon. Experts have called this a Third War Syndrome. This is a common group psychological problem that occurs due to the stress created by the warzone environment. (NT1 Part 6)
 * Enemy Blaster, In that regard, that model of powered suit would have trouble in urban warfare. It had most likely been modified during World War III with the areas of little cover like the wide plains of Russia in mind/It uses wide area electromagnetic signal targeting because they had the plains of Russia in mind, so its accuracy falls in the city. (NT1 ch. 3 Part 1&2)
 * The talk shows were just going over serious news about most countries accepting Academy City even though its belligerent interactions had been one of the things that led to World War III. This was because Academy City had paid out large amounts of money to pay for reconstruction after the war. (NT1 ch. 3 Part 5)
 * The situation is unstable enough due to World War III. A lot of countries and regions are dissatisfied with the lack of financial support for the restoration work Academy City is leading. (NT3 ch. 3 Part 8)
 * the TV was left on news about the end of World War III. It was something about the weapons not needed now that the war was over being transported to Districts 2 and 23. (NT1 ch. 3 Part 7)
 * It was the HsSSV-01 Dragon Rider. It was the ultimate monster of a military bike that had been scheduled to be brought into World War III. As the war had ended sooner than expected, that new model had lost its chance to be used in combat. It had been all over the news that the weapons that were no longer to be used in the war were being transferred to large warehouses in Districts 2 and 23. “But surely there was some other way it could have been used,” added the driver. “The Dragon Rider was originally supposed to be Anti-Skill’s new patrol bike, after all. Instead, it was confiscated for use in World War III, spent the entire time of the war being remodeled, and now it’s going for eternal sleep within a warehouse without ever having been used. (...)” (NT1 ch. 4 Part 12)
 * the recovery and return of the parts of churches and cathedrals from across the world that had been used to construct the Star of Bethlehem (NT2 Epilogue)
 * the giant golden rings and bones that appeared at the end of World War III were being disposed of in the ocean near Hawaii/the EU is planning to dispose of their golden rings and bones via the Atlantic Ocean, but they do not have enough sources of funds to cover it (NT3 Prologue)
 * “As the main battlefield of World War III, Russia is in the process of being restored by Academy City’s technology and America’s funds.” (NT3 Part 24)
 * “During World War III, Saronia A. Irivika was deployed to Vladivostok to stop Academy City forces from landing, but had little to do since the invasion was primarily carried out by supersonic bombers. She disappeared in the confusion of the end of the war. Her whereabouts since then are unknown.” (NT3 Part 24)
 * “There was a rush to build as many bases as possible in order to deal with World War III. The war ended much sooner than anyone expected, but money given to a project can’t be taken back…or rather, won’t be given up. A lot of meaningless construction is still going on.” (NT3 ch. 3 Part 2)
 * But all sorts of mysterious phenomena were detected during World War III. The world is beginning to recognize the existence of the occult. (NT3 ch. 4 Part 7)
 * During World War III, NATO was thinking of hiring Trident, but negotiations broke down before a price could be settled on. (NT3 ch. 4 Part 7)
 * it’s hard to say that war went the way America wanted it to. In fact, we were more or less left out completely (NT3 ch. 4 Part 8)
 * My country was torn apart by World War III. And yet there were a few countries and areas that benefitted from that war. The primary examples are Academy City and the United States. On top of that, they are remaking my country as they see fit by controlling the flow of money being sent in the name of war restorations. Winter is coming. They have requisitioned the natural gas pipelines, claiming it is so they can repair them, but they are delaying that work for the sake of clearly unnecessary construction. They know full well that heating is a lifeline there in the winter, but they are having people swear their loyalty.” (NT3 ch. 5 Part 4)
 * “The technology of the cooperative institutions that made this declaration is not up to the level of Academy City, but they were loaned a great number of leading edge unmanned weapons during World War III which are still in use after the war for the sake of keeping the peace. If these weapons are not returned, it is possible a large scale military conflict will break out with Academy City made weapons on both sides.” (NT 3 Epilogue Part 4)
 * Baggage City had been forcibly taken over by the military during World War III, because it was expected to function well as a central point along the railroad network, so it would transport materiel to the front. However, before the urban buildings could be destroyed and the military facilities could be constructed, the war had quickly ended, leaving the base in a state of half-completion. Normally, the city would have been returned to its original residents at that point, but that was not to be. It was said to be due to military interests, but a lot was unknown about the process by which the military ended up selling Baggage City to the Anti-Academy City Science Guardians. (NT4 Sub.04)
 * Brunhild's cooperation during World War III had gotten her charges dropped.(NT4 Profound Destruction)
 * The Mobile Fortresses that were not ready in time for the war are just now being completed in mid-November. We had hoped to retire them without ever once using them as a sign of peace (NT8 ch. 2 Part 5)
 * Its development codename was Griffon Driver. It was a bulletproof vehicle for VIPs originally developed for the twelve members of the Academy City Board of Directors for use during World War Three. (NT15 ch. 3 Between the Lines 3)
 * I could probably buy up the entire EU now that it has declined from the back-to-back conflicts of British Halloween, World War Three, and the Magic God Siege in Denmark. (NT20 ch. 1 part 4)