1983: Doomsday

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This timeline explores the global history after Doomsday -September 26th, 1983.

A worldwide nuclear exchange caused by a minor incident obliterates much of human civilization. This ATL covers everything from the direct aftermath up to the present worldwide situation.

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Introduction
The Point of Divergence of the 1983: Doomsday timeline is September 19th, 1983 on which a seemingly unimportant decision to send an ambitious Colonel of the USSR to a training seminar (taking the place of an ill-plagued colleague) has global implications.

This decision leads to a different outcome of a well-known though often underestimated event that took place on September 26, 1983.

In our timeline, Colonel Stanislav Petrov was the watch officer on duty that day at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow, monitoring for a US missile attack on the Soviet Union.

Suddenly, the computer-based warning systems reported several US nuclear missiles approaching Soviet territory. In our timeline, Colonel Petrov believed the information to be false and did not alert the Kremlin to the data he was receiving. Given Cold War tensions at the time, such information would likely have convinced the Soviets that the US had launched a first strike in an attempt to "cut off the head," and they would have been forced to launch their nuclear weapons in the false belief that it was a counter strike.

Consequently, since in our timeline the world now knows about this event, it is now often considered to have been the moment closest to a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA during the Cold War. Colonel Petrov has been honored as one of the few true "world saviors," and several investigations have proved the seriousness of this event.

This timeline postulates the results after Colonel Petrov was sent to another installation before September 26th, 1983. The officer now on duty on September 26th considers the alert to be accurate and immediately contacts his superiors. Within minutes, the leaders decide to launch the whole Soviet nuclear arsenal. Logically, the Americans react by launching as well. By the time the first alerted missile is proved to be a false alarm, it's too late. Thousands of nuclear warheads subsequently detonate over targets worldwide. Surprisingly, the People's Republic of China was attacked by Soviet missiles as well, and part of their arsenal is launched in response.

The results of this total nuclear exchange are close to the forecasts of almost complete worldwide destruction and "nuclear holocaust" as predicted by many scientists of this time. This results in as many as two billion people killed initially, and another two billion in the subsequent environmental disaster.

With the world largely devastated and most of the northern and parts of the southern hemisphere in ruins, the estimated 800 million survivors desperately try to keep together what is left of human society. They are facing challenges that are seemingly impossible.

After an incredibly horrifying first few years post-Doomsday, a few regions, territories, and countries stabilize and master basic problems such as food and medical supplies. As time passes and the recovery continues, new (sometimes surprising) alliances are formed. A new, fragile world order emerges from the ashes. Initial hopes of some survivors for a united mankind (or at least warfare and destruction being ended forever) quickly prove false. Indeed, the world is light-years away from any Utopian imaginations. Famine, disease, and lack of resources provoke conflicts and wars in large parts of the world, thus devastating all the carefully achieved recovery.

As some surviving and newly formed nations (particularly a unified and a ) prove able to master the problems and even intervene internationally, mankind's extinction finally seems to have been avoided.

Now, more than 25 years after "Doomsday" brought mankind to the edge of total extinction, the foundation of the new "" on September 26th, 2008 has shown a glimmer of hope for a peaceful future for mankind....

Nonetheless, new dangers are emerging all around the globe, threatening most of what has been achieved within the last 25 years....

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January 25th, 2011: Peacefull Reunion not imposible - Trekyakgrad, Russian Confederacy: Andrey Tretyak today said in a speach to the Durma that a Peacefull Reunion between the Confederacy and the Socialist Union was not imposible but that it would require major reforms by the Union before it would be acepted by the Confederacies population.

January 25th, 2011: Southern England anounces new expansion - Ryde, Southern England: The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Southern England has anounced that the Federal Republic will try and expand into the rest of sussex and hampshire over the next 12 months.

January 24th 2011: End of the United Rheged Co-Operative - Rheged, after talks with several representatives of Townships in the south of Rheged. The townships and their surrounding Parishes cede from the Rheged Co-Operative and form the Westmorland and Furness Alliance. The north of Rheged will continue to use the name of the Rheged Co-Operative.

January 15th, 2011: Coronation of Queen Zara - Ripon, The coronation of Queen Zara of Cleveland has taken place in Ripon Cathedral, the former Queen Anne II has now retired from public life.

January 1st, 2011: Inauguration of the Mediterranean Defense League  - GAZIANTEP, Sultanate of Turkey:  After months of planning and organization, the  is officially launched during a formal ceremony at its headquarters in Gaziantep, Turkey.

January 1st, 2011: New Monarch for the Kingdom of Cleveland The planned abdication of Queen Anne II due to ill health occurred at midnight on the 31st December, as of the 1st January the new monarch for Cleveland is Queen Anne II's daughter Zara, taking the throne as Queen Zara, the coronation will happen in January.

January 1, 2011: New Years Day:Today, people around the world celebrate the start of a new year. Wishes of hope, peace, and good fortune for the coming year abound.

December 30, 2010: Cities of Dushanbe and Turkmenabat taken: DUSHANBE, Emirate of Bukhara: Bukharan troops have today arrived upon the ruins of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. A memorial for the dead Central Asian people during the Doomsday strike was done. Similar actions were taken in the (still existing) fluvial port of Turkmenabat.

December 27, 2010: Campaign for Bukharan expansion begins: BUKHARA, Emirate of Bukhara: The plan for historic expansion of Bukharan territory began today when the Emirate sent forces to take over the parts of Turkmenistan scheduled for annexation. Soon, small parts of both territories (in sum, under 200 square kilometers) are under Bukharan control.

December 25, 2010: Christmas Day:  Today, Christmas was celebrated in many parts of the world.

December 23, 2010: Republic of Spain declares joint land offensive: - CARTAGENA, Spain: On Christmas Eve, the provisional government of the Republic of Spain has announced that it will cooperate with several other nation states on the Iberian Peninsula in a land offensive to reclaim land from rogue juntas in central and southern Spain. So far, the Iberian Confederation and the Republica Unida de Castille and Leon have agreed to cooperate, with Euskadi to independently reclaim the rest of the Basque Country.

December 22, 2010: New York Restoration Negotiations End: - ITHACA, New York: The unification negotiations end in Ithaca. Both sides agree to unify their nations with the survivor communities in nearby Tioga county. The new nation is called the Republic of New York. They begin plans to absorb adjacent counties into their new nation.

December 22, 2010: New WWF Project Announced:  AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, ANZC: Today the Head of the WWF, Denise Church, announced that in concert with the Transylvanian and Crimean governments, and with their financial aid, they will begin a project along the Northern Coast of the Black Sea where they will investigate the extent of the environmental damage to the soils there sometime in the fall of 2011.

December 21, 2010, 7:00pm GMT: Ogasawara quake threatens new settlements:

HONOLULU: Hawaiian officials confirmed that a 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurred around 150 km east of the Ogasawara islands, a formerly-Japanese island chain that Hawaii administers. A 2-meter tsunami following the quake caused light to moderate damage. Ogasawara's 400 residents received advance warning about the wave from the ANZC station on nearby Marcus Island, so most were able to flee inland. However, the disruption that the quake brings may threaten the still-fragile island colony, re-settled by its original Japanese residents only earlier this year amid heavy international controversy.

December 21, 2010: Erie and Buffalo material salvaging ends: Niagara Falls, United Communities: After a two and a half week period of collecting any valuable objects from the remains of Erie and Buffalo, the zones have been declared off-limits to the recycling projects and scavengers. After the Winter Holidays, the second step of the project will begin, which is demolition of the quarantined areas.

December 21, 2010: Hizb Ut-Tahir Party illegalized: BUKHARA, Emirate of Bukhara: The last remains of MLA influence on the Emirate of Bukhara have been eliminated when, in a constitutional convention in Bukhara, the Hizb Ut-Tahir party was eliminated.

December 21, 2010: Further details on the Delcholi announced: - FORT SMITH, Northwest Alliance: Today, the start date of the race was confirmed as being January 21st, 2011. A prize was also announced: An ounce of gold. It is thought that this will encourage more competitors to enter the race.

December 19, 2010: New President in Venezuela: - CARACAS, Venezuela: Today a new president was chosen in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, who will be the first female president in all of Venezuelan history.

December 8th, 2010: The 10th GLONASS satellite successfully launched: The second ANZC satellite in the second phase of GLONASS launches, the "Kakadu", was successfully launched. The next launch will happen in Guiana on the 15th.

December 8, 2010: New Flag Announced in Waldeck-Hesse: AROLSEN, Waldeck-Hesse: Today the Landgrave announced that from today onwards, a version of the previously unofficial "Cockade Flag" will be the new flag of the Landgraviate, due to the "republican" taint of the old one.

December 7, 2010: Ellsworth declared winner in Kentucky's Presidential Election:  - Democrat turned Republican Brad Ellsworth, the mayor of Evansville has beaten moderate Democratic Senator Ben Chandler after the runoff on the 23rd of November. Chandler conceded late Monday night and spoke with Ellsworth via telephone to offer his congratulations. Ellsworth will be sworn in as soon as the results are officially certified.

December 3rd, 2010: United Communities unveils new branch: Niagara Falls, : On December 3rd, the Assembly of the United Communities unveiled the creation of a new branch, which will be called the Reconstruction and Reinhabitation Authority, which will aim towards reconstructing abandoned and destroyed cities by using methods to help dissipate radiation at a faster pace. The first re-inhabitation projects are to be aimed at Buffalo, New York, and Erie, North Pennsylvania, the two of which have a re-inhabitation date of 2015 and are set to begin in March.

December 1st, 2010: The 9th GLONASS satellite successfully launched: The first ANZC satellite in the second phase of GLONASS launches, the "Dingo", was successfully launched. The second ANZC satellite will be launched next Wednesday.

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 * [[Image:Flag_New_League_of_Nations(1983_Doomsday).png|40px]] League of Nations - The principal multilateral organization of this ATL


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 * Nuclear Weapons - Post Doomsday's major problem of nuclear weapons still operating, out of control, terrorism etc.


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 * Communications and Mass Media - Information outlining the current status of telecommunications across the world
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