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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Pokemon] I fought in the Pokemon war under the command of Lt. Surge. What was the world like?

What nations were at war?

Whose side were we on?

What was being fought over?

What were the weapons used?

Where was the war-front?
gpt
From the official cannon, Surge is American. For the timeline to work out, it would have had to have been the Gulf War. He was, officially, a member of the Army, a pilot, and his electric Pokemon saved his life. 

Since we know the avionics of Gulf War aircraft, it must be that he suffered an electrical failure that was shocked back to life. Pokemon were used as a classified black box project to be brought along on aircraft to deal with electrical failures. Other Pokemon may have been used in select roles, but not out in the open as we do not, in the 'region' we live in, know about their existence.