History FanFic / WorldwarWarOfEquals

The story covers the entire globe from North America to Asia. Countries fall countries rise. Some must carry out the unthinkable and some are barely able to survive but all fight to keep their homes. Why? Because we were here first.

* ASimplePlan: The last time Race probes looked at Earth, we were in the middle ages. The entire Conquest Fleet believed that this campaign would be another curb stomp war against spear swinging primitives. When they actually invade Earth however, they find out the hard way that we moved [[CoolPlane way]] [[TankGoodness past]] [[GunshipRescue swinging]] [[CoolShip spe]][[NuclearOption ars.]]

* AlienCatnip: Race forces in occupied Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico apparently ''love'' the Ginger available in the regions. If you read the series, then you should know where this is going.
* AlienInvasion: The prologue of the story mentions that The Race were going to invade during World War II, however an improvement to their killercraft took 70 years to install and by the time they were actually ready to invade, they inadvertently given Humanity more time to advance.
* AliensAreBastards: Race killercraft pilots don't seem to care whether their targets are civilian or military and then there is the nuking of several highly populated Human cities, killing thousands.

** When winter roles around and Race forces slow down, Human militaries take the opportunity to attack the freezing enemy while they can.

* TanksForNothing: Subverted. Argentinian [=TAM=] tanks and Brazilian Leopard 1A1 take heavy loses tanks to lack of armor. But other models, such as the [=MBT=] 2000 and the Leopard 2 are either equal or superior to Race landcruisers.

** Shiplord Straha suggest that rather than face the Humans face to face, they just batter them with Nuclear weapons until they surrender. The plan is ignored since a radiation infested planet would not be an ideal spot for colonist to live on.

* TankGoodness: Race tanks are able to hold their own against our tanks, but its no CurbStompBattle. Likewise our tanks are better than their Lizard counterparts and improve during the war while Al-Khalid and Leopard 2 tanks prove just fine against them.

* SnipingTheCockpit: Aiming for the heads of Race landcruiser coomanders has become a popular tactic with Human snipers.

** The destruction of the 56th Emperor Jossano and other startships are broadcasted on news channels around the world after the success of Operation Zeus.

* CombatPragmatist: When winter roles around and Race forces slow down, Human militaries take the opportunity to attack the freezing enemy while they can and the reports of Race males acting [[AlienCatnip very strange]] after ingesting ginger coming in from occupied territory implies that its going to be used against them very soon.

* CombatPragmatist: When winter roles around and Race forces slow down, Human militaries take the opportunity to attack the freezing enemy while they can.

** The destruction of the 56th Emperor Jessano and other startships are broadcasted on news channels around the world after the success of Operation Zeus.

* VillainousBreakdown: By the end of December, the morale among the males of the Conquest Fleet has lowerd signifigently thanks to the huge amount of casualties they've taken (7.8 million out of 35 million to be exact).

* ASimplePlan: The last time Race probes looked at Earth, we were in the middle ages. The entire Conquest Fleet believed that this campaign would be another curb stomp war against spear swinging primitives. When they actually invade Earth however, they find out the hard way that we moved [[CoolPlane way]] [[TankGoodness past]] [[GunshipRescue swinging]] [[CoolShip spe]] [[NuclearOption ars.]]

* AlienCatnip: Race forces in occupied Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico apparently ''love'' the Ginger available in the regions. If you read the series, then you should know where this is going.
* AlienInvasion: The prologue of the story mentions that The Race were going to invade during World War II, however an improvement to their killercraft took 70 years to install and by the time they were actually ready to invade, they inadvertently given Humanity more time to advance.

** The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91). The ship is credit for being one of the key reason Operation Marin was a success.

* MiddleEasternCoalition: As the aliens come closer and closer to Earth, every nation within the Middle East agree to help each other fight The Race invaders. Hell, we even have Israelis teaming with the Egyptians.

* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No World Leaders Were Harmed]]: Averted. Real world leaders such as BarackObama, Hugo Chavez, and many more are featured in the story.
* NoodleIncident: {{Invoked}}. Most of the iconic events of the war such as Barack Obama's "The Union will hold" speech are not mentioned in detail thanks to the post-war timeline formatting the story is written in.

** Atvar gives one to the other Fleet lords to get them ready for the fight against the Humans.

* ThisMeansWar: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declares jihad on the invaders in his country.
--> Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: "[[BadassBoast It is the sacred duty of every Muslim to destroy the reptilian invaders from hell.]]"

** Chinese HQ-2J anti-air missiles are able to badly damage Race starships.

* AlienCatnip: Race forces in occupied Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico, apparently ''love'' the Ginger available in the regions. If you read the series, then you should know where this is going.

* ArabIsraeliConflict: Put on hold for now with the Egypt and Israel entering an alliance with each other and the rest of the participants too busy fighting off The Race.

* CoolPlane: Many are adopted by Air Forces across the world as part of the preparation for the invasion. The Mexican Air Force buys 24 F-15SE Silent Eagle jet fighters and Brazil buys 54 Mirage 2000 fighters.

** SaudisWithSabers: Saudi Arabian troops help Kuwait push back the invaders fro Kuwait City.

* BoomHeadshot: Race landcruiser commanders stick their heads out of the hatch, making thme prime targets for snipers.

** Operation Hermes (aka Operation Eve): Another joint American/Canadian operation, this time on Race positions between St. Louis and Jefferson City. With the enemy freezing thanks to good old mother nature, American and Canadian armored divisions and air forces strike vulnerable positions in occupied territory while ground and special forces are inserted into key positions behind enemy lines and destroy anti-armor and anti-air emplacements. The operation was a success and give the American people the best Christmas gift they could ask for: the gift of a huge victory.

** Despite Humanity never facing an extraterrestrial threat before, they are doing well against The Race though this is mainly due to the invader's "[[Insufficiently Advanced Alien insufficiently advanced]]" nature.

** The Brazilian [=F41=] Defensora and the [=F49=] Rademaker pound Race positions off the Brazilian coast. The [=F41=] is suck by Race killercraft and the [=F49=] is badly damaged.

* SchizoTech: How Humans view The Race. They are actually surprised that the alien's have tanks, aircraft, and technology that are somewhat weaker than theirs but yet they have starships and have cold sleep tech.

* BenevolentAlienInvasion: If Ttomalss' study on Humans is to be believed, the main reason for The Race to conquest help is because Humans are highly aggressive and are resistant to their attempts to help them and slow them down.

* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Averted. The huge amount of defense spending causes a recession and the world's geography and politics changes rapidly. Also during the war, many oil processing plants on land are destroyed by Race airstrikes and the prices of oil skyrocket.

** The destruction of the 56th Emperor Jessano is broadcasted on news channels around the world.

* AlienCatnip: Race forces in occupied Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico, apparently ''love'' the Ginger available in the region. If you read the series, then you should know where this is going.

** In an act of desperation, the Ukrainian government uses nerve gas on Race forces, killing all who are exposed.

* ETGaveUsWiFi: The US and the European Union are very interested in the Hydrogen fuel system used by Race vehicles. Europe reverse engineers Race hydrogen powered engines and is expected to be mass produced by January.

** [[ForcesWithFirepower Bolivarians with BMPs]]: [[spoiler: After the death of Hugo Chavez,]] they fight the FARC terror cells in their countries and fight a brief war with Colombia [[spoiler: which is later ended thanks to a military coup but is then followed by a civil war]]. They later put aside differences with Colombia to fight The Race. Volunteers help Mexico fight back against the invaders.

** [[ForcesWithFirepower Ukrainians with Uzis]]: Ukrainian forces are overrun by the sheer number of Race infantrymales in Kiev and put up a fighting retreat from the city. As the country is overrun by Race forces, they deploy nerve agents on them, killing anyone outside of a vehicle.

** [[ForcesWithFirepower Uruguayans with UH-1s]]: Teams with the Argentinians to provide backup to the Brazilians. When Race troops come knockin' on their borders, they military gets their asses kicked.
** ChineseWithChopperSupport: The Chinese are fiercely protecting Shanghai, an important industrial hub, from The Race. They pull off a lot of first times in the war: the People's Liberation Army Air Force scores the first confirmed kill of a Race commander, the PLA are first to damage a race starship, and they are the first military to allow the authorization of a nuclear weapon.

** Also out of desperation, Ukraine becomes the first to use nerve gas on Race soldiers, it works greatly.

* MythologyGag: Inthe original novels, one Race landcruiser could slaughter entire Human tank divisions which included German tanks, which were known to be the best armored and equipped the biggest guns. Now, it's the German tanks that uphold a 4:1 kill ratio.

** Humans are still called Big Uglies.

'''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8509060/1/Worldwar-War-of-Equals Worldwar: War of Equals]]''' is a {{Literature/Worldwar}} {{Fanfiction}} written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3391404/Drgyen Drgyen]] that answers a popular question among fans of the series: What if The Race had invaded in 2011 instead of in the middle of WorldWarII? The answer: The Race arrive on Earth but we were prepared for them and they get much more resistance than they bargained for.

* AlienCatnip: Race forces in occupied Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico, many of them apparently ''love'' the Ginger available in the region. If you read the series, then you should know where this is going.

** BraziliansWithBazookas: Brazilian forces in Sao Paolo fight lizard forces that landed just outside the city.

** The only reason that The Race invaded Earth in 2012 instead of 1942 is due to implementing "a small but critical improvement" to their killercraft which took 70 years. Justified due to The Race being very conservative and needing thousands of years to make an improvement.

* HoldTheLine: The Chinese politburo orders that military to hold to the last while fighting in Beijing and Shenyang.

* TheReptilians: The Race of course.

* UnitedEurope: All of Europe allies as under the banner of the "European Coalition".

** In order to halt the Race's advance to Texas, the USAF drops ''three'' MOABs on the incoming force. It works and the advance is halted immediately.

* {{Expy}}: The citizens of Juarez, Mexico appear to take the role of the Lodz ghetto Jews from the original novels. Both are thankful for The Race liberating them from occupies that were much worse than them.

* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: In his study on Humans, Ttomalss that no previous species that The Race has encountered has advanced as fast as the Humans and that they think that Human governments stimulate innovation.

* BigBadassBattleSequence: November 15th 2011. The day the war between worlds began across the globe and it gives you some awesome imagery.

* AlienInvasion

* CoolPlane: Many are adopted by Air Forces across the world, such as the Mexican Air Force buying 24 F-15SE Silent Eagle jet fighters and Brazil buys 54 Mirage 2000 fighters.
* CrazyPrepared: Most of the world stocks up on weapons, beef up their militaries, research anti satellite weapons, and even restart some previously canceled weapons projects all to combat the incoming invaders.

** Anytime stealth fighters such as the J-20 go into battle, they always come back.

* DeathFromAbove: Race killercraft and Human aircraft.

* {{Expy}}: The citizens of Juarez, Mexico appear to take the role of the Lodz ghetto Jews from the original novels.

* ImprovisedWeapon: IEDs prove to be very effective against Race landcruisers.

* MiddleEasternCoalition: Every nation within the Middle East agree to help each other fight The Race invaders. Hell, we even have Israelis teaming with the Egyptians.

* MythologyGag: This time, it's the German tanks that uphold a 4:1 kill ratio.

* NumberedHomeworld: Earth is still known as "Tosev 3".
* OldSchoolDogfighting: Occurring between Race killercraft and Human pilots in the battles for the skies.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Osama bin Laden. Though if we didn't kill him than the advance kidney disease he had would have.
* TacticalWithdrawal: In preparation of the invasion, NATO withdraws all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

** The LAPD are reduced to this as riots in the city grow out of control.

* WhatTheHellHero: When the first draft "War Plan Teal" is leaked, the American public is outraged calling it "barbaric paranoia" and "unpatriotic defeatism".