History YMMV / WorldwarWarOfEquals

* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: After The Race drop nukes on five Human cities]], it must be very hard for people everywhere to sleep at night wondering if they will die [[spoiler: in a nuclear fire]]. [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar At least some of the world's population has gone through this fear before.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Hugo Chavez]]. I mean come on, did you really think you could get away with blackmailing the ''entire UN and the US''? Didn't really work out for you did it?

* TrueNeutral: Switzerland. They refuse to join the European Coalition because the Coalition is a military alliance that can be drawn into an international conflict and because they thought they could handle the invaders on their own. Later averted as they do join and the Coalition's council and [=HQ=]s are even placed in Geneva.

*** That the WorldWar series doesn't exist in this universe.

** In ''Chapter 5: Interlude to War 2'', Naomi Cohen recalls reading [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 a story about would be alien conquerors trying to take over Earth armed with muskets]], meaning that all (if not some at the least) the works of HarryTurtledove exist in this universe as well. So either this means:

* GeniusBonus: In ''Chapter 4: Total War'', it's mentions that unnamed Italian ColdWar fighter jets work fine against Race Killercraft. The only Cold War era fighter still in Italian inventory is the F-104 Starfighter (or rather an Italian made copy, the Aeritalia F-104S), an aircraft known more for stalling mid flight than it's combat record. So in other words, Race killercraft got their asses handed to them by what most aircraft enthusiast call a piece of junk.

* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: After The Race drop nukes on five Human cities]], it must be very hard for people everywhere to sleep at night wondering if they will die [[spoiler: in a nuclear fire]]. [[ColdWar At least some of the world's population has gone through this fear before.]]

* GeniusBonus: In ''Chapter 4: Total War'', it's mentions that Italian ColdWar fighter jets work fine against Race Killercraft. The only Cold War era fighter still in Italian inventory is the F-104 Starfighter (or rather an Italian made copy, the Aeritalia F-104S), an aircraft known more for stalling mid flight than it's combat record. So in other words, Race killercraft got their asses handed to them by what most aircraft enthusiast call a piece of junk.

** According to Naomi Cohen in ''Chapter 5: Interlude to War 2'', the {{EMP}}s The Race dropped killed millions of people. How? Well, an EMP unleashes an electromagnetic pulse that takes out anything electronic. Basically, it means that people died in ways from civilian airliners suddenly falling out of the sky to those on life support flatlining.

*** [[RuleOfThree Or]] the invasion inspires Turtledove to write the series in this universe much later than he did OTL.
**** Jossed. According to WordOfGod, it's the first one.

** In ''Chapter 5: Interlude to War 2'', Naomi Cohen recalls reading [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 a story about would be alien conquerors trying to take over Earth armed with muskets]], meaning that the works of HarryTurtledove exist in this universe as well. So either this means:

* ParanoiaFuel: After The Race drop nukes on five Human cities, it must be very hard for people everywhere to sleep at night wondering if they will die in a nuclear fire. [[ColdWar At least some of the world's population has gone through this fear before.]]

* FridgeHorror: Before the invasion, [[spoiler: author [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra Deepak Chopra]] claims to have been in contact with The Race for some times and speaks of a "message of peace and love" from them. A short time later, he gets abducted by the Department of Homeland Security and hasn't been heard from since]]. [[NothingIsScarier Wonder what happened to him?]]

** After The Race launch nukes on several Human cities, plans to strike the ships in space with nukes are put to the side for the time being. Wouldn't the world want to destroy the nuclear stockpile of their enemy?

* MoralEventHorizon: The destruction of Washington D.C. suburbs [[note]]The nuke was intercepted by a USAF air patrol and was originally heading towards the capital itself.[[/note]], Tijuana, Milan, and Dalian ordered by Atvar killing thousands. [[note]]Chicago was going to be nuked as well, but was destroyed by Patriot missiles mid-course.[[/note]]

** In ''Chapter 5: Interlude to War 2'', Naomi Cohen recalls reading [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 a story about would be alien conquerors trying to take over Earth armed with muskets]], meaning that the works of HarryTurtledove exist in this universe as well. So either this means that the WorldWar series doesn't exist in this universe, [[GenreBlind no one has made a connection between the two]] and [[GenreSavvy cracked open one of the books to find a potential weakness]], [[RuleOfThree or]] the invasion inspires Turtledove to write the series in this universe much later than he did OTL.

* FridgeHorror: Before the invasion, [[spoiler: author [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra Deepak Chopra]] claims to have been in contact with The Race for some times and speaks of a "message of peace and love" from them. [[spoiler: A short time later, he gets abducted by the Department of Homeland Security and never heard from since]]. [[NothingIsScarier Wonder what happened to him?]]

** In ''Chapter 5: Interlude to War 2'', Naomi Cohen recalls reading [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_%28short_story%29 a story about would be alien conquerors trying to take over Earth armed with muskets]], meaning that the works of HarryTurtledove exist in this universe as well. So either this means that the WorldWar series doesn't exist in this universe, [[GenreBlind no one has made a connection between the two]] and [[GenreSavvy cracked open one of the books to find a potential weakness]], [[RuleOfThree or]] is the invasion inspires Turtledove to write the series in this universe much later than he did OTL.

* FridgeLogic: After The Race launch nukes on several Human cities, plans to strike the ships in space with nukes are put to the side for the time being. Wouldn't the world want to destroy the nuclear stockpile of their enemy?

** The Race repeatedly bombed The Vatican, killing hundreds of civilians. The Pope decided to remain in the city to keep human morale alive rather than to evacuate. The Pope is Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy in February 2013 in our timeline. In the timeline of the fic, he probably was pondering leaving the papacy, because [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he didn't consider himself adapted]].

** The Race bombed repeatedly Rome, killing hundreds of civilians. The Pope decided to remain where he is to keep human morale alive rather than to evacuate. The Pope is Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy in February 2013 in our timeline. In the timeline of the fic, he probably was pondering leaving the papacy, because [[Main/HeroicSelfDeprecation he didn't consider himself adapted]].

* TrueNeutral: Switzerland. They refuse to join the European Coalition because the Coalition is a military alliance that can be drawn into an international conflict. Later averted as they do join and the Coalition's council and [=HQ=]s are even placed in Geneva.

** One of the first place The Race lands in is Kiev, Ukraine which is reduced to a complete warzone and the military and government are forced out of Kiev. Three years later in our timeline, Kiev is taken by pro-Europe protesters and Kiev [[http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kiev_riots1.jpg really]] [[http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/kiev_012414/bp1.jpg has]] [[http://static.squarespace.com/static/4f34530ecb12e336a9dfe29c/t/52e2878de4b02ca61f1a2e1a/1390577550531/kiev-middle_2799623k.jpg become]] [[http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article3050911.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Ukraine-Riots-3050911.jpg a warzone]].

* MoralEventHorizon: The destruction of Washington D.C. suburbs [[note]]The nuke was intercepted by a USAF air patrol and was originally heading towards the capital itself.[[/note]], Tijuana, Milan, and Dalian ordered by Atvar killing thousands. [[note]]Chicago was going to be nuked as well, but was destroyed by a Patriot missiles mid-course.[[/note]]

* MoralEventHorizon: The destruction of Washington D.C. suburbs, Tijuana, Milan, and Dalian ordered by Atvar killing thousands.

* MoralEventHorizon: The destruction of Washington D.C., Chicago, Tijuana, Milan, and Dalian ordered by Atvar killing thousands.

* HarsherInHindsight: They story was posted back in 2012 and has [[spoiler:Hugo Chavez]] dying early via heart attack (though the circumstances are [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]). Fast forward to 2013 and he dies in the exact same way (though it definitely was under natural circumstances).

* HarsherInHindsight: They story was posted back in 2012 and has [[spoiler:Hugo Chavez]] dying early via heart attack (though the circumstances are [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident suspicious]]). Fast forward to 2013 and he dies in the exact same way (though it definitely was under natural circumstances.

* TrueNeutral: Switzerland. They refuse to join the European Coalition because the Coalition is a military alliance that can be drawn into an international conflict. Later averted as they do join and the Coalition's council and HQs are even placed in Geneva.