Welcome to the War

"RUN!"

- Vinnie Crosby "Help Shadow Force escape from India during the Islamic State invasion."

- Level description

"Welcome to the War" is the first campaign mission of World at War: Global Conflict. The player assumes the role of Kathleen Barrett, a recently recruited member of Task Force Reaper. The main objective is to evacuate injured Shadow Force member Vicki Armstrong from Himachal Pradesh, Northern India.

Characters

 * Kathleen Barrett (Playable)
 * Brandon Hitchcock
 * Ellie Cohen
 * Vinnie Crosby
 * Alexis Gould
 * Harriet Marquart
 * Olivia Sellers
 * Olivia Truesdale
 * Vicki Armstrong
 * Nikolai Kalinin
 * Sophie Buckley
 * Dolores League

Plot
The level begins with Vicki Armstrong being rushed to a field hospital in India before being tended to by Olivia Truesdale and Harriet Marquart. Sometime after this, the Islamic State of New Palestine commences its invasion of India as part of its "empire-building campaign." Kathleen Barrett is sent in to help defend the field hospital from the attacking Islamic State soldiers. However, one of the doctors on site is killed by an Islamic State sniper, forcing Kathleen Barrett to inject Vicki with adrenaline to keep her heart beating. The joint Task Force Reaper-Shadow Force team then fights through Himachal Pradesh, intending to reach the helicopter, but they learn about a large invasion force pouring into the island from the eastern side of the country. Task Force Reaper member Nikolai Kalinin mentions an unmanned drone in a weapons cache at the edge of town, and Ellie Cohen, who is leading the team, leads a coordinated offensive against the Islamic State to reach the chopper.

Once the group reaches the building, Ellie is told that the drone is in a shipping crate. They open the crate and Kathleen, who can read Russian, uses the drone to clear out enemy resistance as Vicki is evacuated to the chopper. However, an Islamic State missile destroys the drone, forcing Kathleen to make a mad dash to the chopper. She nearly makes it, but is knocked into a river by an explosion. She is later found by Task Force Reaper operatives and airlifted out of India, alongside Vicki Armstrong.

Starting loadout
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Trivia

 * The entire level is a massive reference to MW3's campaign mission Persona Non Grata.
 * In the campaign co-op game mode, one player will be Kathleen Barrett and the other will be placed in the role of Olivia Truesdale.
 * In co-op mode, if Olivia Truesdale dies at any point during the mission, the player will fail the mission and see the message, "You failed to protect your teamate."

Transcript
Main article: Welcome to the War/Transcript