Red Oceania

1923-
April: The Communist Party of Australia declares the Australian Revolution, seizing control of the Australian Parliament and British embassy, and declaring the Australian People’s Union. Fighting between communist-socialist and loyalist factions breaks out across Australia. Red forces also seize the Australian Navy in Sydney.

June: The Battle of Adelaide sees Loyalist forces defeated, and the last major Australian city fall to red forces. Reinforcements from had yet to arrive from England, but forces from British Malaysia and Hong Kong had landed in Papua New Guinea, and where preparing to invade Australia.

July: British forces in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand launch a naval invasion of Australia. The Battle of Darwin sees the bulk of invading forces defeated, causing British forces to retreat.

August: Australian forces launch an invasion of Papua New Guinea, defeating British forces. Communist rebels in Port Moresby also launch an attack on the British fleet in port, forcing it to retreat.

September: Communist Australian forces launch an invasion of Dutch New Guinea. Which, Dutch forces are unable to oppose.

October: Communist Australian forces launch an invasion of Dutch Java, which is defeated by Dutch and Indonesian garrisons.

December: New Zealand is invaded by communist forces, which are aided by New Zealand communists.

1924-
January: With no forces in the area, and with the Australian army threatening to support uprisings in India, the Treaty of Singapore is negotiated. It saw the formal creation of the Oceanic People’s Union, a communist state annexing the territory of Australia, New Zealand, the British Pacific, all of New Guinea, and British Eastern Indian Ocean Islands (Cocos and Christmas islands).

September: Unrest in the OPU had died down, and Jock Garden had solidified his role as Chairman of the nation.

1925-
Diplomatic relations opened with the Soviet Union, who were eager to see the OPU join the Communist Internationale.

1933-
Jock Garden steps down as chairman, passing the position on to Clifton Walker.