I'm not sure about country alliances, but I do know that both the US and PRC will declare me as an enemy and "traitor".
I'm gonna go through what Japanese Americans experienced during WW2
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The "sides" that the countries take is of secondary importance. Capital will benefit from any conflict, no matter what the stated sides are, and suffer minimally. That's the true enemy
America vs. the rest of the world is what it’s shaping up to be.
Nah, USA will team up with Russia
The rest of NATO will be on one team
As for China... probably just take taiwan and ignore the other theaters
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See, that's the thing. We had WW3 in the 1970s. Hitler came back, and he was riding a dinosaur, and Ghengis Khan was disco dancing the night away!
But you never heard about it because we have time travel, and decided that was a stupid timeline.
Oh, also, none of this timeline exists either. We deleted from existence in 2012.
The real timeline? Bernie Sanders won the 2016 and 2020 elections. Covid was a much easier thing to stop, because people got vaccinated.
And Dorritos bought Taco Bell, and IMMEDIATELY went bankrupt.
See? Everything is actually better now. You just never got to experience it.
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Russia and China being allies is a given. Iran and the DPRK will be on their side too.
Israel, the USA, Japan, and parts of Europe will no doubt be on the opposite side, with the more sensible parts of Europe staying out of it.
India I have no idea, they're nominally a USA ally, but I could also see them trying to stay neutral.
China world no doubt take the opportunity to reclaim the island of Taiwan.
I imagine a lot of Arab states would try to remain neutral at first, but Israel would probably take the opportunity to invade the rest of Syria, at which point some may be dragged into the conflict.
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To borrow the terminology from WWII, I imagine the Allies might include most of Europe, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
I'm betting the Axis countries might include Russia, China, and Iran, possibly Belarus, Hungary, and North Korea, along with partial or total support from other BRICS countries.
The US is kind of a wildcard right now. My first instinct is that they'd align with their closest long-time allies such as those listed above, but with Trump's affection for Putin and alienation of such allies over the last year, I'm uncertain. Trump could also simply choose to remain neutral, so as not to oppose Putin.
The US was neutral during WWI and WWII until they were attacked directly, so while it's easy to assume the US would be involved in the next world war, it might not be until it's forced to be, if at all. It's probably safe to say the US would at least be sending its allies military aid during the war. As long as no one messes with their shipping or attacks its land, the US might choose to get no more involved than that.
Honestly my money is kind of on the US starting the next one.
Well, if history tells us anything, it'll probably be Germany again /s
In the case where the US really does start WWIII, it would definitely throw a wrench in where countries fall in alignment. If the US were to invade one of its neighbors like it's threatened to do, that could be all it takes. It could be all the countries I listed against the US, for all I know. The only country that I think would support the US no matter what is Israel. I think the US would certainly have a hard time taking them all on. Then again, a world war has never involved a world superpower on the scale we have today, so it's hard to say what the outcome would be, but I'd expect the US would still probably lose if it was them against the world. Although, taking the fight inside the US would present some significant challenges to overcome owing to geography, besides military obstacles.
Russia attacks EU, US stay neutral, US stay neutral, China leverage on Russia being busy to invade Eastern Russia, the conflict spread to former colonies where Russia, China, France, UK are already in cold war. Meanwhile, Turkey finally attack Greece, and Iran takes the opportunity gain influence most likely with their spy network.
As usual, America stays neutral, until US get dragged in the war (Taiwan or Israel) while Argentina wait for the last day to formally declare war. Not sure whether Japan would invade China or take back the Sakhaline island
TL/DR : Russia/Turkey/Israel versus EU/China/Iran.
As you see I am absolutely not an expert
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