Main Timeline (Poland Falls)

This is the main timeline for the Alternative History timeline Poland Falls. It will be updated as major events occur during the present.



1920:

Soviet Russia defeats the Polish and annexes Poland.

1921:

Negotiations finish and Poland becomes the Polish Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union.

1933:

Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of Germany. With Communist forces bordering Germany, Hitler’s anti-communist stance is much stronger, and Hitler gains power quickly with his popular policies regarding communism and racial supremacy of the Aryans.

1937:

Germany signs a ten-year Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union.

1941:

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hitler does consider declaring war on the United States the same time he invades Soviet Russia, but he and his advisors agree that such an act would not be wise.

1942:

By this time Hitler has been in power for about nine years. He and his military advisors take years longer than in our timeline to develop a plan to invade their enemies. On March 1, 1942, Germany breaks its NAP with the Soviet Union and invades Poland. Hitler’s main cause for war in Poland was to expand Germany’s influence as well as rid communists from the borders of Germany.

Hitler catches Soviet forces off-guard, as there had been no hint that Germany would invade Poland anytime soon. Germany quickly invades the westernmost parts of Poland. The Soviet military mobilizes for war against Germany. The main pocket of resistance is first met at the key Battle of Lodz. It was fought in the actual city of Lodz, as well as the main road north of the city that would lead to Warsaw. It was a tactical disaster for the Soviets. After twenty-eight hours of battle, the Soviet forces retreated and fought several small skirmishes as they were pursued by the German military to Warsaw.

Only a day before the Germans and retreating Soviet resistance, Soviet reinforcements from Ukraine and Russia arrived in Warsaw. Soviet resistance met German forces in the battle of Warsaw on the outskirts of the city on May 28, 1942. Unlike in the battle of Lodz, Soviet officers had time to prepare for this battle. Experienced Soviet officers were sent to the city ahead of time to map out strategies along with reconnaissance sent by the retreating Soviet resistance from Lodz.

<p class="MsoNormal">Despite the reports of the strength of the German forces not being completely accurate, the tactics set in place were able to defend Warsaw against the Germans. Though the outskirts of the city were quickly overrun by German forces, it became increasingly difficult for the Germans to continue their victory throughout the battle as they neared the center of Warsaw.

<p class="MsoNormal">It took an entire four months for the Germans to take control over the city, and it would’ve taken longer had Soviet forces not pulled out of Warsaw to join a forming defensive barrier stretching from Rzeszow to Bialystok.

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces were commanded to halt invasion and formed their own offensive/defensive barrier stretching from                 Olsztyn to Krakow. Reinforcements were also sent to enforce this barrier further.

<p class="MsoNormal">1943:

<p class="MsoNormal">Most German operations are halted throughout the winter. Meanwhile, the Russian defensive barrier prepared for battles all along it. In late February, Soviet forces began their main preparations for resuming war. The barrier, which came to be known as the Red Line, made many preparations. The most obvious of these was a great trench along the entire line. At most parts it averaged four feet deep, five feet wide, and its total length was over 250 miles long. The Red Line also set up small forts, camps, barbed wire, and many other things that they thought would help resist the tide of Germany and reclaim Poland for the Soviet Union.

<p class="MsoNormal">War resumes on April 3, 1943. Using Warsaw as a base, the Luftwaffe bombs the Red Line as German forces approach. Bombing runs on the Red Line are somewhat effective. Though it was difficult to find targets since they attacked only at night, many bombs did hit their targets, and they lost few planes each time. Bombing runs also were to shake the Red Line, to decrease their morale and willingness to fight the Germans. Bombing runs were a crucial part to General Walther von Brauchitsch’s plan to make the invasion of Poland faster and easier. Each day, the German line marches closer and closer to the Red Line.

<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, the other European nations had mixed feelings about what to do about Hitler. Britain felt sympathetic for the Polish as shortly after their independence at the end of the Great War they had been invaded by the Soviets. However, most British politicians agreed that being invaded by the Nazi Germans was not much better. The French were frightened by Hitler’s fascist policies. They had invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, and now they invaded the Soviet Union via Poland. The French feared they were next. At this fright, the French began mobilizing their military, in case Hitler decided to declare war on the French. The French also got the UK to start mobilizing as well, preparing for the worst. However, both determined to stay out of the war unless provoked, in which case they would attempt to make relations with the Soviets.

<p class="MsoNormal">The German Line reached the Red Line on April 10, 1943. Most of the line had been severely damaged in the bombing runs. Encampments had been destroyed, small forts and temporary defense buildings blown apart, and the trench was an utter mess; the soldiers themselves, and the officers, were demoralized. Nonetheless, the Red Line put up a great fight against the Germans. That night, there were no more bombing runs; instead, sides exchanged bullets and bombs as the battle raged on.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Germans hid in craters from the bombing runs that had happened for the past six nights, facing against the Soviets which hid in their messy trenches. They fought for eight days before the Red Line finally collapsed. Most of them were dead or injured. Those who could fled, those who could not were taken as prisoners of war. However, the battle had been costly to the Germans. The German offensive line found themselves waiting for two months before they would continue fighting the Soviets.

<p class="MsoNormal">During these two months, the Germans had secured all of Poland. General von Brauchitsch created a plan to further invade the Soviets. After the Germans won the Battle of Lviv, the Germans further developed their offensive line. By August of 1943, the German line stretched all the way from Odessa to Riga. The German front line proceeded to further invade Soviet Russia.

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces won several battles in the beginning, but as they progressed further into Russia, it became more difficult for the Germans to continue pushing into Russia.

<p class="MsoNormal">In December of 1943, the Soviets win major battles at Stalingrad, Leningrad, Smolensk, and Saratov. The Germans are forced to retreat throughout the winter.

<p class="MsoNormal">1944:

<p class="MsoNormal">After three months of stubborn retreat through the winter, the Germans finally hold and win a major battle at the Second Battle of Chernihiv. Reinforced, the German offensive line once again pushes forward.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 4, 1944, the German front line has conquered Stalingrad, Leningrad, Smolensk, and Saratov, winning equally major battles as the ones they lost the previous year. As the German force is only four hundred miles away from Moscow, representatives from Soviet Russia, France, the UK, the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Denmark meet in the Le Havre Conference of 1944. The conference lasts for twenty-five days until decisions are made about war.

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet Russia did not plead, but did manage to persuade France and the United Kingdom to join the war.

<p class="MsoNormal">On September 1, 1944, France and the United Kingdom declared war on the fascist Third Reich.

<p class="MsoNormal">On September 4, 1944, Germany met with Finland and Turkey. Finland, however not Turkey, agreed to invade Soviet Russia.

<p class="MsoNormal">On September 9, 1944, German forces finally reach Moscow. But instead of invading the city, they dig trenches and surround the city, then proceeding to shell it with artillery.

<p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile, on September 13, 1944, German forces declare war on Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In addition to Belgian, Dutch, and Danish forces, the Germans must also deal with French and British forces assisting in the defense of those nations. Expecting this, Germany, borrowing Italian transport ships as well as regular naval ships, sends troops to attack a surprised Bordeaux, as the ships shell the city from several miles away.

<p class="MsoNormal">The attack on Bordeaux is completely unexpected. Reports come in of even more Italian transport ships coming with German troops invading the nearby areas. Many of the French troops immediately pull out of Belgium to defend their own territory, leaving some behind. On September 26, 1944, Germany announces it has annexed all of Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as Luxembourg. On October 2, 1944, Germany signs the Treaty of Copenhagen 1944, which allows Hitler to pick the leaders of Denmark every four years, effectively turning Denmark into a puppet state.

<p class="MsoNormal">Hitler chooses the German Karl Bokietszche to be the new leader of Denmark. Bokietszche allows Germany to send troops through Denmark to the northern neighbor of Sweden.

<p class="MsoNormal">On October 5, 1944, Soviet forces attack the sieging German forces. Over 30,000 people in Moscow had already starved to death, and Moscow’s ration store was practically completely drained. The initial attack was an utter failure. However, forces from further east Russia managed to group up and only five hours after the failing attack begun, the long awaited force had finally arrived.

<p class="MsoNormal">However, it had taken only two hours for most of the Soviet soldiers inside the city that began the attack to surrender in hopes of getting food. With no news that this force would be at Moscow in only three more hours, angry and starving citizens stormed government offices and buildings and forced the Soviet flag to be replaced with a white flag. In this uprising of sorts, no government officials were killed, and only three were injured (who each recovered quickly from broken bone injuries).

<p class="MsoNormal">The Germans immediately stopped shelling the city. They invaded Moscow, however they did not give any food to the starving Russians in the city (Except government officials, who they treated somewhat well).

<p class="MsoNormal">By the time the force from Perm, Izhevsk, Yekaterinburg, Astana, Ufa, Tyumen, Omsk, Samara, Kazan, and Chelyabinsk arrived in Moscow, Germans had completely taken the starving city. Despite begging from the people of Moscow, even attacks by them, the Germans were ordered by Hitler himself not to give any food to the Russians.

<p class="MsoNormal">Germans began setting up defensive positions as soon as they saw the enemy force in the distance.

<p class="MsoNormal">Eventually, both sides began exchanging artillery fire. Soon, bullet fire. The Germans had expected that a force from the eastern Russian cities would come, however this enemy force was much larger than expected. Germans retreated through the city back to defensive positions along the west side of the Moskva River.

<p class="MsoNormal">During the German retreat to the Moskva River, several government officials (including Stalin) escaped to meet their own Soviet armies.

<p class="MsoNormal">Soviet forces took the East side of the Moskva river, and Moscow. Citizens thanked them while food rations were distributed equally to every family. On the west side, the Russians continued to starve.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Moskva was a barrier for both sides. After a five-hour standoff, the Soviets attempted to cross the Moskva on the bridges. Most of the bridges then exploded. Only a few bridges were left standing.

<p class="MsoNormal">The standoff would continue for months.

<p class="MsoNormal">By December of 1944, German forces forced back the French, as the French combatted forces on the west and in the east.

<p class="MsoNormal">1945:

<p class="MsoNormal">It was March of 1945. Almost everyone in German-Occupied Moscow had either died or fled to the east side of Moscow. On March 13, 1945, at 10:30 pm, a mix of armed citizenry from East Moscow and the newly named Grand Soviet West Ural Corps (also known as the West Ural Corps) silently moved into position. Some kept the position on the Moskva, while others went several miles in opposite directions so they could cross the Moskva. This secrecy plan did not work.

<p class="MsoNormal">German forces had anticipated something like this may happen, thus secretly sent out small units to look out and send word if any enemy forces attempted to cross the bridge at far out parts of the river.

<p class="MsoNormal">The main German force was immediately alarmed of enemy presence, and sent forces out to protect the far sides of the river. However, by the time they had arrived the enemy forces were gone and the lookout squads had disappeared.

<p class="MsoNormal">After one hour of frantically attempting to locate the Soviet forces, they were discovered when they all aimed their guns at the main force and ordered them to surrender.

<p class="MsoNormal">The main German force all dropped their weapons and surrendered. The Soviets proceeded to shout “Revenge for our brothers and sisters whom you let die!” (in Russian) before massacring every last one of the German force in Moscow.

<p class="MsoNormal">This was known as the 1945 Massacre of Moscow, however the Soviets at the time called it “the Day of Revenge”. In the end, at least 2.8 million Russians died while Germany occupied part or all of Moscow.

<p class="MsoNormal">On March 15, 1945, with the Germans no longer occupying Moscow, his security agreed it would be safe for Stalin to reveal himself to the world as still the leader of Russia.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 30, 1945, Germany had conquered all of Norway and Sweden.

<p class="MsoNormal">By July 5, 1945, Germany managed to find Paris. After an eighteen-day battle, Germany captures the capital. On July 30, 1945, Germany captures Orleans. On August 15, they capture Dijon, on August 18, Tours, and finally on August 30, Germany captures Lyon. Commander in Chief Maxime Weygand surrenders to Hitler on September 3, 1945.

<p class="MsoNormal">Germany creates a new puppet state, the Southern French Republic, with Montpellier as its capital. Everything in France south of the 45th line of latitude would be part of the Southern French Republic. Germany would take everything North as it was strategically necessary to fight against England.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 6, 1945, Hitler redraws the borders of the Southern French Republic, with the 45th line of latitude being the base for a much more complex border which gives Germany possession of several large cities.

<p class="MsoNormal">Throughout September, October, and November, the UK did several operations on coastal cities and sea operations. This included but was not limited to shelling German trade ports, attacking naval ships, attacking German convoys, capturing German coastal cities, and destroying naval shipyards.

<p class="MsoNormal">On December 1, 1945, leader of the Free French Charles de Gaulle secretly calls a meeting with leaders of many underground states and resistance movements, as well as with Harry Truman of the United States and Winston Churchill (who ran for re-election as the war continued). The secret conference lasted for three days, before an agreement was made, an agreement that would not show for several months.

<p class="MsoNormal">1946:

<p class="MsoNormal">The Soviets were winning. The Germans had been retreating all winter, and were in bad condition. Many of them were ill from fighting through the cold Russian winter, after fighting for four years. Although Finland was invading in the north, Russia definitely considered Germany a larger threat. Almost all of the Soviet forces were directed at driving out Hitler’s forces, while Germany had to keep a large force in France in case of invasion from the British.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Third Battle of Kingisepp saw two months of fighting in snow and blizzards, with almost as many people dying of the cold as from the battle itself.

<p class="MsoNormal">After the Germans were forced to retreat past Minsk, Hitler and his advisors agreed to give the order to withdraw more troops from France and send them to the Eastern Front.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 4, 1946, the Germans finally won a major battle. However, they had been pushed all the way back until the furthest forward part of the line was in Rivne. The Germans pushed back once again.

<p class="MsoNormal">On July 4, 1946, the United States of America declared war on the Third Reich.

<p class="MsoNormal">Only three hours later, a huge landing force landed on the beaches of Normandy. The Germans had been somewhat prepared in case the British ever attempted to invade, however had not been prepared for a mix of so many troops. British and American planes did an extra-heavy bombing run as soon as the Americans declared war.

<p class="MsoNormal">Allied forces progressed relatively slowly through Normandy; the terrain allowed for German forces, especially tank and anti-tank, to hide easily, while officers looked at allied troop movements from high buildings and towers.

<p class="MsoNormal">After five weeks, allied forces had reached Paris. After a nine-day battle, German forces were ordered to retreat from Paris. The Free French were given the honor of entering the city first, followed by the rest.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 17, 1946, Paris was declared liberated from Nazi rule.

<p class="MsoNormal">On the same day, August 17, Soviet forces took the city of Lublin, and on August 20 they took the city of Bialystok. Two Soviet forces, the North Army and the South Army then met in the Warsaw Revolution.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Warsaw Revolution was a great battle, with the two Soviet Armies meeting the Nazi Army. Amidst the four weeks of intense fighting, the Polish Underground State ordered a large uprising. The Polish surprised both sides and quickly gained ground in the battle, as they forced both sides to retreat.

<p class="MsoNormal">In the end, German forces retreated to the areas a few miles west of the city, while Soviet forces were held off on the far reaches of the east side of Warsaw.

<p class="MsoNormal">On September 1, Soviet forces launched another attack on Warsaw. After an utter failure, Soviets gave up and marched in a wide circle around the city.

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 13, 1946, allied forces won the battle of Toulouse. The French people of South France rebelled against the puppet government, and on November 16, 1946, it was declared that all of France had been liberated.

<p class="MsoNormal">On October 1, allied forces invaded Luxembourg and Belgium. Forces battled in South Belgium and Luxembourg for 12 days, in the Battle of Luxembourg, then battled in the Liberation of Burssels. By November 9, all of Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands had been liberated.

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 15, the Austrian underground resistance movement, the Free Austrians, rebelled in the streets of Vienna. The rebellion was successful, and inspired another uprising on November 29 in many cities and towns across Czechoslovakia. On December 25, the Christmas Uprising saw people across Sweden rebel against the German occupation.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Germans were unable to put down so many rebellions in a short span of time. Fighting Soviets in the east, allies in the west, Austrians and Czechoslovakians in the south, and the Swedish in the north stretched out Nazi forces.

<p class="MsoNormal">1947:

<p class="MsoNormal">On January 1, 1947, US, UK, and Free French forces landed in Africa. Throughout the next few months they would battle in North Africa.

<p class="MsoNormal">Throughout the winter, allied forces in western Germany made very slow progress, and the same in Poland with the Soviets.

<p class="MsoNormal">Recent rebellions had inspired the Independent Polish in Warsaw to spark rebellion in cities all across Poland. Many in eastern Poland were put down, however major successful uprisings included those in the cities of Wroclaw, Lodz, Katowice, Krakow, Poznan, and Gdansk.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Independent Polish operating in Gdansk and Lodz, with assistance from the IP in Warsaw, cut off Soviet supply lines to their Army fighting the Germans.

<p class="MsoNormal">Despite this, the Soviets kept pushing forth until they reached Bydgoszcz on February 13, 1947.

<p class="MsoNormal">On April 5, 1947, the Austrians announced the complete liberation of Austria. However, the next day, Germans sent a large force to attack Salzburg.

<p class="MsoNormal">The two-day German Assault on Salzburg was a success, but Austrians only one week later pushed the Germans back out of Austria.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Austrians then pushed further into Germany in order to help defeat the Nazis. Czechoslovakia also did this.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 8, 1947, the Swedish liberated the city of Copenhagen. By May 12, they had liberated all of Denmark and were now pushing towards Berlin.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 19, the allies met at the Battle of Nuremburg. The battle takes only three hours, before Germans surrender.

<p class="MsoNormal">On July 2, 1947, allied forces had pushed all the way to the small towns near Berlin. Allied forces from the west and south waited two days (the United States insisted on it) before invading Berlin in the Battle of Berlin (known in the United States as the Battle of Independence, the Independence Day Battle, the Battle of World Independence, or the Battle of the Fourth of July).

<p class="MsoNormal">As allied forces closed into Berlin, Adolf Hitler and his family committed suicide. Karl Doenitz becomes the leader of the Third Reich. Doenitz offers a peace treaty to the allied forces. After the peace treaty is rejected, he officially surrenders on July 5, at 12 noon exactly.

<p class="MsoNormal">After the end of the Third Reich, the Engelberg Negotiations began on July 12, 1947. With all nations agreeing, Karl Doenitz was to represent Germany in the Engelberg Negotiations. By August 4, 1947, the Engelberg Negotiations came to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Engelberg of 1947. The map of the world had been redrawn.

<p class="MsoNormal">However, the Independent Polish State complained that they had not been represented in the Engelberg Conference, and thus the Second Engelberg Conference began on August 20, 1947.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Soviets wanted to keep all of Poland, but were forced by the West to give up everything that the Independent Polish did not have large military forces in, thus Poland was split into two small separated states. So the Polish joined the West in an unofficial rivalry caused by this Second conference that would be the start of the Cold War.

<p class="MsoNormal">1950:

<p class="MsoNormal">On July 2, 1950, the Mid-Century Treaty was signed, an alliance between France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, West Germany, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Norway, Spain, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Canada, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Soviet intelligence discovered that several unnamed and large shipments had been sent to both East and West Poland.

<p class="MsoNormal">In response to the Mid-Century Treaty, the Soviet Union signed the Solstice Pact on July 21, 1950, which included the Soviet Union, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Independent Socialist German Republic (East Germany), and the People’s Republic of China (which joined on August 15, 1950).

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 6, 1950, the Soviet Union sends forces to East Poland. In a great standoff, the Polish forces with forces from their allies successfully defend Warsaw. In response to the invasion of East Poland, a huge bombing run begins, with Lublin as a base. The major cities of Kiev and Minsk are bombed by a small and weak bombing force. Not considering the forces as much of a threat, however a strange plane in each force dropped a large strange object, and only moments later a large portion of the center of Minsk and Kiev had been destroyed.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Soviets, absolutely confused on how this had happened and worried that more would come, sent huge forces in hopes to take East Poland quickly.

<p class="MsoNormal">1951:

<p class="MsoNormal">On January 9, 1951, all of East Poland had been taken by the Soviets, however in the process the cities of Lviv, Vilnius, and Kaunas had been bombed by this strange technology. Stalin demanded this technology be identified.

<p class="MsoNormal">On January 12, many of Stalin’s advisors suggested possibly a cease fire would be beneficial to the Soviets. By January 21, a cease-fire had been negotiated. Both sides took the cease-fire time to build up forces near West Poland and Germany.

<p class="MsoNormal">On April 13, 1951, war began again as Soviets invaded Poznan. There was a 13-day standoff before Polish Defense forces retreated to towns south. On May 1, the Soviets attacked Wroclaw however were unexpectedly vastly outnumbered by the Polish defense, and the Soviets quickly retreated.

<p class="MsoNormal">On April 28, 1951, a ship was noticed far in the distance outside of Leningrad. An hour later, planes took off from the ship. Only a few minutes later, a hundred-thousand people were dead, and most of central Leningrad was destroyed.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 5, 1951, Albania left the Solstice Pact. Bulgaria and Romania followed, and then Hungary. On May 31, 1951, the West offered a peace treaty to the Soviet Union. However, both sides disagreed and the fighting continued. Bombings using aircraft carriers as bases continued and Sevastopol, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, and Mariupol were bombed by strange Western technology.

<p class="MsoNormal">Riots occurred in many cities of the USSR, which were met by government violence. Eventually, a full scale rebellion broke out in Moldova, Lithuania, and part of Ukraine. The rebels were supported by the West.

<p class="MsoNormal">Soon, Estonia, Latvia, and Belarus were part of the rebellion. In July 1951, China left the Solstice Pact.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 9, 1951, West forces directly invaded the Soviet Union in the south through Turkey. They quickly captured many cities and by August 19, 1951, had pushed forward to Pyatigorsk.

<p class="MsoNormal">In late August 1951, the United States developed a new long-range bomber that could fly several hundreds of miles.

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 18, 1951, West Germany invaded communist East Germany. The quick invasion was successful, establishing capitalist control over all of West and East Germany.

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 30, 1951, the United States used their long range bomber to drop a bomb on Stalingrad. Central Stalingrad was destroyed. They used another long range bomber on December 3 to drop a bomb on Voronezh. On December 8, a long range bomber destroyed central Saratov.

<p class="MsoNormal">Rebellions occurred in southern Russia, and the West rushed to support them financially and militarily.

<p class="MsoNormal">1952:

<p class="MsoNormal">War continued through the winter and spring of 1952, though the West did not drop any more strange bombs.

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 28, 1952, Moscow was captured by the West. The Soviet Union crumbled.

<p class="MsoNormal">Throughout the rest of 1952, smaller states in the former USSR battled for control of regions in the Eurasian Border Wars.

<p class="MsoNormal">1953:

<p class="MsoNormal">By 1953, most of the Eurasian Border Wars had come to a peace, though a few remained until late 1953.

<p class="MsoNormal">1954:

<p class="MsoNormal">With over a million people killed instantly and many more dying later or being affected for the rest of their lives by nuclear weapons, there were many protests in the West over the use of nuclear bombs. Thus, after the end of the war, the United Nations began a resolution over the use of nuclear weapons.

<p class="MsoNormal">On January 8, 1954, the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty of 1954 was signed by 205 nations.

<p class="MsoNormal">1962:

<p class="MsoNormal">Vietnam declares its independence from France. Vietnam fights against the French.

<p class="MsoNormal">1963:

<p class="MsoNormal">The People’s Republic of China backs a communist Vietnamese state, and supports it in the fight for independence against France. The Mid-Century Treaty Alliance labels a communist state backed by China more of a threat than without China, and thus supports their member nation France.

<p class="MsoNormal">1964:

<p class="MsoNormal">On March 18, 1964, France is pushed back past Saigon. France calls for aid from their allies. The United States sends troops and more supplies on March 20, 1964.

<p class="MsoNormal">The United States sending troops to Vietnam is met with some protest from in the US.

<p class="MsoNormal">By December of 1964, capitalist forces push all the way north to Da Nang.

<p class="MsoNormal">The United States President elects Lindley Beckworth, who promises to ensure that the war in Vietnam meets a swift capitalist victory.

<p class="MsoNormal">1965:

<p class="MsoNormal">On February 7, 1965, Chinese leader Mao Zedong and U.S. President Lindley Beckworth met and discussed Vietnam. Mao Zedong stated to Beckworth that Vietnam “was not an American conflict, but a battle for independence,” and that China was merely supporting liberation and freedom. Mao Zedong then said “Are not the United States of America supposed to be the nation fighting for freedom? For all I see is the ‘nation of liberty’ fighting for French imperialism and the rise of the upper class.” Mao then threatened the U.S., saying that if they did not withdraw from Vietnam, China would send ground troops into the conflict. Beckworth then declared that if China ever threaten the United States again, he would bring the full force of the Mid-Century Treaty Alliance upon the communists.

<p class="MsoNormal">Intelligence saw a huge amount of Chinese forces enter Vietnam and push back the capitalists. In response, Beckworth sent truly massive amounts of supplies, troops, aircraft, ships, and armored vehicles to Vietnam. This added to the already large amount of troops and supplies being sent by France as well as nearby nations like Australia.

<p class="MsoNormal">1966:

<p class="MsoNormal">By May 24, 1965, capitalist forces pushed forward all the way to the northern border, officially ending the Vietnam War.

<p class="MsoNormal">1967:

<p class="MsoNormal">Due to pressure from French citizens, France determines to liberate Vietnam and make Vietnam its own nation on July 8, 1967. However, the new government is capitalist, and is allied with France as well as the United States.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 16, 1967, all nations of the capitalist Mid-Century Treaty Alliance enact an embargo on the communist People’s Republic of China in an effort to cripple their economy, cause instability, and end the only major communist force in the world.

<p class="MsoNormal">The effect works, and the People’s Republic of China suffers a large economic downfall.

<p class="MsoNormal">1970:

<p class="MsoNormal">The Euro-American Space Administration sends Arnold Teltzsche to become the first person in space.

<p class="MsoNormal">1976:

<p class="MsoNormal">China successfully tests a nuclear weapon, then proclaims it to the world. Member nations of the Mid-Century Treaty Alliance begin racing to create nuclear weapons.

<p class="MsoNormal">1980:

<p class="MsoNormal">The MCTA successfully launches a nuclear missile that travels twenty miles.

<p class="MsoNormal">1982:

<p class="MsoNormal">The MCTA successfully launches a nuclear missile that travels 130 miles.

<p class="MsoNormal">1984:

<p class="MsoNormal">China creates a nuclear missile that travels 50 miles.

<p class="MsoNormal">1985-1992:

<p class="MsoNormal">Over these years, the main international focus is tensions between the MCTA and the People’s Republic of China, and the race to build, test, improve, and stockpile nuclear weapons in case of war.

<p class="MsoNormal">1995:

<p class="MsoNormal">The Euro-American Space Administration launches several satellites to detect any nuclear missile launches.

<p class="MsoNormal">1996:

<p class="MsoNormal">The Korean Republic declines both the MCTA and China’s request to station nuclear missiles in Korea. China, knowing the MCTA has nuclear weapons stationed in Japan, pushes for nuclear weapons to be stationed there.

<p class="MsoNormal">Following many rejections, China felt it was necessary to have Korea for a strategic location and invades Korea on June 8, 1996. Korea, having no allies, falls quickly to Chinese occupation. On June 13, 1996, the MCTA meets at the Dresden Conference. On June 23, 1996, MCTA forces invade Korea.

<p class="MsoNormal">Quickly occupying Jeju Island to use as a base, MCTA forces begin pushing north.

<p class="MsoNormal">Although ground forces from either side clash, both sides are reluctant to use their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. However, on August 8, 1996, a MCTA satellite detects a nuclear missile with Honolulu as the likely target.

<p class="MsoNormal">MCTA forces quickly order the launch of a nuclear missile from Jeju to Shanghai.

<p class="MsoNormal">The People’s Republic of China is shocked to find that a nuclear missile had been launched at Shanghai, as they never ordered a missile launch in the first place. Chinese forces launched hundreds of very real nuclear missiles to the United States coast. The MCTA launched most of their stockpile to the Chinese coast from Jeju.

<p class="MsoNormal">In the end, MCTA launched 103 nuclear weapons to cities in east Chinese cities. China launched 43 nuclear weapons to cities in Alaska, west Canada, and western areas of the United States, as well as Hawaii and Japan.

<p class="MsoNormal">By the end of the day, China was in ruins, Japan was falling apart, Hawaii was no longer beautiful, and most of the cities of the west coast of the United States had been destroyed. Ironically, the entire conflict had been started over Korea, which had not had any nuclear weapons detonated over.

<p class="MsoNormal">In the one of the few remaining large cities of China, Xi’an, it is discovered that an anti-communist terror group had launched the first nuclear weapon at Honolulu, hoping that the U.S. would retaliate and destroy the communist regime. Their dream had been achieved.

<p class="MsoNormal">1997:

<p class="MsoNormal">By mid-1997, China had fallen into civil war with many nations fighting for control of the little resources amid the nuclear wasteland. Alaska was now even more barren. The United States was still alive, however most of the cities on the west side of the nation, up to China’s furthest reach with nuclear missiles, was decimated. In the past year, a huge international cleanup began, with humanitarian workers working in destroyed regions and helping survivors.

<p class="MsoNormal">The global economy had been ravaged since the August 11, and continued to fall until July 1997, where it was extremely low however did not lower further, though did not rise.

<p class="MsoNormal">Untouched by nuclear weapons, the Korean Republic fought back and regained its independence.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty had proven ineffective. Many blamed it for not banning the existence of nukes, but only the use, which did not work.

<p class="MsoNormal">Thus, representatives from every single nation in the world met in Jeju for the Jeju Conference of 1997 on August 8, 1997, a year after what was now known as Launch Day. On August 11, 1997, all nations on Earth signed the Jeju Resolution, which banned the existence of nuclear weapons, but not nuclear power meant for peaceful purposes.

<p class="MsoNormal">1999:

<p class="MsoNormal">By February 1999, conflict had ended in Asia. The People’s Republic of China had land taken from nearby nations, and the remainder of China was now three nations: Tibet, the Republic of China, and the Empire of the Kuan Dynasty.

<p class="MsoNormal">2001:

<p class="MsoNormal">The aggressive Kuan Dynasty invades the now isolated Pakistani Republic. With no allies, the Pakistani Republic quickly falls. However, Tibet feels threatened by Kuan expansion, and sends troops to Pakistan to combat Kuan forces there. Kuan finds this a declaration of war, and invades Tibet. Tibet is allied with the Republic of China, and thus the former People’s Rep. of China is once again in unrest and war (as well as Pakistan).

<p class="MsoNormal">Eventually, Kuan forces pull out of Pakistan, and with them the Tibetan forces. Pakistan is left ruined and ravaged by war, leading to the rise of two new governments, the Pakistani Caliphate and the Baloch Empire.

<p class="MsoNormal">The Pakistani Caliphate and the Baloch Empire immediately attack each other, and their neighbors.

<p class="MsoNormal">In September 2001, the Pakistani Caliphate invades Jammu and Kashmir, and soon Kuan China.

<p class="MsoNormal">2002:

<p class="MsoNormal">January 4, 2002. According to MCTA Resolution #1,418, in an effort to preserve peace in Asia, the nations of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Turkey sent military forces to central Asia.

<p class="MsoNormal">By September 2002, the Pakistani Caliphate and the Baloch Empire were pushed back to their original borders. By November 2002, the Pakistani Caliphate had been pushed back in the north to Lahore.

<p class="MsoNormal">In response to MCTA forces attacking them, the Pakistani Caliphate bombs the MCTA Headquarters Building in New York City. Over 600 people die in an attack that could be compared somewhat to 9/11 in our timeline, though not nearly as devastating.

<p class="MsoNormal">To retaliate for the November 15 bombing of the MCTA HQ, huge forces were sent to Pakistan.

<p class="MsoNormal">2003:

<p class="MsoNormal">The war in Pakistan continued until October 2003, when MCTA forces successfully eliminated the threats in Pakistan, then moved into China to re-establish peace there.

<p class="MsoNormal">Immediately after the move from Pakistan, the Pakistani Caliphate reorganized and seized control of all of Pakistan. With a new commander, General Mohammad Alerey, the Pakistani Caliphate again invaded Tibet.

<p class="MsoNormal">Alerted by the second rise of the Pakistani Caliphate, MCTA forces once again attacked Pakistan. However, this time, General Alarey is much better at defending Pakistan.

<p class="MsoNormal">2004-2008:

<p class="MsoNormal">During the next four years, war in Pakistan continued. MCTA Resolution #1,436 required member nations to send even more troops to China.

<p class="MsoNormal">2009:

<p class="MsoNormal">The 2008 United States election saw the rise of a new party, the United States Peace and Isolation Party (Peace Party for short). Peace Party member John Helexdon successfully ran for President of the United States.

<p class="MsoNormal">In 2009, John Helexdon officially took office, with a majority Peace Party Senate and a majority Grand World Leadership Party House, though the House majority was only by four seats.

<p class="MsoNormal">On March 4, 2009, the MCTA met in the Baltimore Summit of 2009. John Helexdon warned that, hoping the MCTA could continue working together, but if the MCTA nations did not withdraw troops from Pakistan and China that the United States would withdraw from the MCTA. This tactic proved not to be very effective with the stubborn Italian and French leaders Luigi Panzarrino and Emmanuel Elon, respectively. In the end, the Baltimore Summit led to the United States leaving the MCTA, and nothing else.

<p class="MsoNormal">The United States began pulling out troops and technologies and investing money into the economy (still low and slowly recovering from the 1996 Nuclear-War Economy Crash).

<p class="MsoNormal">It was now that the MCTA realized how much the U.S. did in Pakistan and China. By the end of 2009, about half of progress made against the Pakistani Caliphate was pushed back by the Pakistanis and General Mohammed Alerey.

<p class="MsoNormal">2010:

<p class="MsoNormal">On February 14, 2010, the MCTA coalition revealed casualty counts from the war in Pakistan and China for the coalition, averaging over 8,000 killed and 14,000 wounded per nation. In the previous year, documents had been released happily revealing a much smaller average of 150 dead and 400 wounded per coalition nation.

<p class="MsoNormal">Many protests suddenly sprang up across Europe, and on May 16, 2010, the MCTA signed Resolution #1,528 which ordered a withdraw of troops from Pakistan and China.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 8, the United States re-entered the MCTA.

<p class="MsoNormal">2013:

<p class="MsoNormal">In 2013, Grand World Leadership party candidate John Eirlerin takes office after beating Peace Party candidate Barry Birche in the November of 2012, as well as a GWL majority house and senate.

<p class="MsoNormal">On August 8, 2013, the United States declares war on the Pakistani Caliphate.

<p class="MsoNormal">2014:

<p class="MsoNormal">On January 16, 2014, Italy, France, and Turkey declare war on the Pakistani Caliphate and join the United States. The MCTA is split between pro and anti-war nations.

<p class="MsoNormal">Throughout February, Germany and Poland joined the war effort in Pakistan.

<p class="MsoNormal">Pro-war nations allied with Iran, who was being attacked by Pakistan. Pro-war nations then attack Pakistani troops in the first battle of the New War at the Battle of Kerman on March 2.

<p class="MsoNormal">Throughout 2014, the coalition battles the Pakistani Caliphate in eastern Iran.

<p class="MsoNormal">2015:

<p class="MsoNormal">On May 8, 2015, MCTA anti-war nations agree with pro-war nations to supply them with technology and vehicles, but will not send troops.

<p class="MsoNormal">By July 16, 2015, MCTA forces push back the Pakistani Caliphate to the strategic city of Zahedan. It takes a huge 43-day siege of the city before MCTA forces take back the city.

<p class="MsoNormal">On November 3, 2015, MCTA forces attack the city of Zabol, however Pakistanis are stubborn to give up another strategic location.

<p class="MsoNormal">2016:

<p class="MsoNormal">On March 14, 2016, after four months of fighting, MCTA forces take the city of Zabol. However, on April 3, 2016, Caliphate forces take the city of Mashhad, not expecting an attack there.

<p class="MsoNormal">On June 23, 2016, MCTA forces attack Mashhad in an attempt to retake it. After 2 months, it fails and MCTA forces retreat on August 30, 2016.

<p class="MsoNormal">On October 13, 2016, Korean President Kim Hyun-Do calls a conference discussing an alliance and trade agreement between the Korean Republic and nations of the MCTA.