World War III or Third World War are names given to a hypothetical third worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and II. The term has been in use since at least as early as 1941 to refer to limited or smaller conflicts such as the Cold War. Recently, the fear of a new world conflict is back under the spotlight as a reaction to the airstrike that have killed one of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, ordered by US President Donald Trump.

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World War III or Third World War are names given to a hypothetical third worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and II. The term has been in use since at least as early as 1941 to refer to limited or smaller conflicts such as the Cold War. Recently, the fear of a new world conflict is back under the spotlight as a reaction to the airstrike that have killed one of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, ordered by US President Donald Trump.