The Smoke Clears
In less than an hour, the Emirate of Tlemcen was wiped off the map. The simultaneous detonation of twenty-five thousand thermobaric missiles which were capable of producing an explosive blast that was equivalent to a tactical nuke was enough to wipe out all life in the small coastal country.
Germany's massive arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles targeted every populated area within the nation. What was perhaps most shocking of all was that the Reich, which had deliberately gathered the world's leaders to sign the Vienna Accords, specifically to avoid the destruction of innocent life, had suddenly snuffed out millions of lives, as if it were an afterthought.