(This is a Scenario I got from a Video by the Alternate History Hub: What if the Cold War Got Hot)
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The Scenario is simple, Due to a technical difficulty a soviet satellite thinks it finds NATO nukes heading towards the USSR, though this was not true since it was a cloud. In a panic and a state of defense the power of the Red Armies missiles is unleashed upon the west. The US and Europe is shocked and of course retaliated back as Nuclear hail fire rained upon the Powers. East and West German forces fight for only minuets until obliterated by the opposing bombs, Japan South and North Korea along with a few Chinese Cities are also nuked. The war of course lasted only One Hour and the remains is something horrific. All of Western History wiped out in an instant and what was left was a firey, radioactive hellscape as 75-80% of the Population was instantly dead.
Though going south civilization goes on in South America (And some parts of Central America and Mexico), Africa, Oceania, and the Micro Nations of the Pacific... This is the new world this TL lives in... A dark one, a one of fire and an end of a chapter in mankind's history.
What would this new Southern Hemisphere dominated world look like? Who would be a new Super Power? since the two previous ones simply were destroyed.
What are your thoughts?