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 since the Cuban Missile Crisis. 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 proven to be a false alarm, it's too late. Thousands of nuclear warheads subsequently detonate over targets worldwide. The People's Republic of China was attacked by Soviet nuclear missiles as well, and part of their arsenal is launched in response at the USSR.

The results of this total nuclear exchange are close to the forecasts of almost complete worldwide destruction and the "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, nearly 28 years after the devastating "Doomsday" brought mankind to the edge of total extinction, a few moving moments have spread the hope for a more peaceful future for mankind, such as the foundation of the new "" September 26th, 2008.

Nonetheless, new dangers to this fragile world have emerged all around the globe, threatening a lot what has been achieved within the last 28 years...

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August 15th, 2011: Republican Announces Candidacy: BESSEMER, Superior - Representative Dan Meyer today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in Bessemer, Gogebic.

August 14th, 2011: Democrat Withdraws: ST. IGNACE, Superior - Following his abysmal performance in Thursday's debate and Saturday's poll, Governor Jeffrey S. Crochet of Mackinac officially withdrew his candidacy for the nomination.

August 13th, 2011: Governor Cullen Announces Candidacy; First Democratic Poll Announced: IRON MOUNTAIN, Superior - Polls taken this morning in Iron Mountain this morning, the first major poll of the season, show Representative Orazietti in front with about 30% supporting him, followed by Representative Lahti with 25%, Senator Lindberg with 15%, Territorial Representative Brown with 10%, and the remaining amount split between the other two announced candidates and write-in votes.

Across town that afternoon, the popular Governor Cullen of Mackinaw, long rumored to be entering the race, formally announced his candidacy. He is now likely the favorite in the race, but to what extent this is the case remains to be seen.

August 11th, 2011: Democratic Debate: HOUGHTON, Superior - Today the First Democratic Debate of the election season occurred in Houghton. Much sparring occurred throughout the debate between Governor Jeffrey S. Crochet of Mackinac and Representative Michael Lahti of Houghton over minor policy issues. However, neither is considered to have won the debate - that title goes to Territorial Representative Michael A. Brown of Manitoulin and his more libertarian-style views.

August 10th, 2011: More Republicans come forward; Senator Lindberg Announces Candidacy: MARQUETTE, Superior - Today brings even more candidates out of the woodwork. Senate Majority Leader Tom Casperson of Delta today announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for the presidency, blaming President Newman - and Vice-President Weston as well - for Republican reverses over the last year, and vowing to fight their corruption. Allegations, however, abound that he too was involved in the ongoing scandal.

Republican Congressman Huuki of Houghton also announced his candidacy today, saying that, "Stowe needs a new, younger face, at the helm." His age, barely old enough to be a candidate, will be a major factor against him.

After humming and hawing since President Newman's announcement last Friday, Democratic Senator Lindberg of Marquette today also announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. According to the senator, "with the President no longer running, the time is now ripe for the scandalous Republicans to go down." However, this does not effect the race much - Representative Orazietti is still considered the frontrunner.

August 8th, 2011: Vice-President Weston Announces Candidacy: MARQUETTE, Superior - With the surprise announcement by President Newman on Friday, the race for the Republican nomination has been thrown wide open. Today, Vice-President Horatio Weston formally announced his candidacy in Marquette, the first of what will likely be many candidates. The Vice-President declared "I believe in this country. We are at the dawn of a new age, and are in a position to be one of the brightest stars on its stage, and it is high time we took our place on it. As such, as of this moment, I am now running for the position of President of the Republic of Superior."

August 5th, 2011: President Newman Announces that he will not seek Re-Election; Democrat Declares Candidacy: MARQUETTE, Superior - President Newman announced in Marquette today that he would not be seeking re-election, citing his health. It is believed, however, that the decision has more to do with incredibly poor showings in opinion polls comparing him to the leading declared Democratic and Socialist candidates, and the blame being put on him for the Saguenay War fiasco. It is said that some of these polls even place him behind the Socialist candidate, which would be a first for the Republic.

Debbie Amaroso, the 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee and former Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, announced at a press conference today that she is filing for the Democratic nomination, bringing the total of candidates for the nomination to five. However, the frontrunner remains Congressman, and 2008 Vice-Presidential nominee, David Orazietti, of Sault Ste. Marie. The first Democratic debate in Houghton next Thursday has just gotten more interesting.

August 4th, 2011: Constitution for the new Republic of Texas officially ratified: NACOGDOCHES, (East) Republic of Texas - 103 delegates representing eight survivor states across the former U.S. state of Texas signed and ratified the constitution for the Republic of Texas Thursday night, highlighting the week-long constitutional convention at Stephen F. Austin University. The signing, and official ratification, of the constitution is considered the final step in the formation of the Republic of Texas, which will offically unite the eight survivor states into one nation beginning January 1, 2012. The signing was broadcast by television and radio across the eight survivor states and in various unincorporated areas (including the independent city-state of Victoria), as well as in Mexico, the United States, the ANZC and 27 other North American and Caribbean nations. Spontaneous celebrations were said to have "erupted" all over Texas, and fireworks displays were seen in Midland, Odessa, Sweetwater, Paris, Edinburg and Nacogdoches. Jack "Jackie" Sherrill, a delegate from College Station, East Texas, told the delegates and others in the capacity crowd at William R. Johnson Coliseum that "the future was unlimited for the "nation of Texas." Sherrill was the head football coach at Texas A&M University both pre- and post-Doomsday, and is a Republican Representative in the current East Texas House. The session officially ends Friday with West Texas President Mike Conaway - the frontrunner for the Republic of Texas Presidential election which will be held this fall - giving the featured speech. Conaway's campaign has papered Nacogdoches with literature and taken out numerous ads both in local radio and TV and on billboards in high-profile areas around the SFU campus and around town. The unofficial end of the convention is Saturday, with a fireworks show and concert featuring several regional country, rock and gospel musicians and bands at Homer Bryce Stadium.

August 1st, 2011: Texas Constitutional Convention begins: NACOGDOCHES,  - The Texas Constitutional Convention, organized to formally ratify the constitution for the soon-to-be Republic of Texas, began Monday morning. The Reverend William Philpot, from the city-state of Borger, opened the procedings with an invocation before several hundreds of delegates, observers, workers, media and others at the William R. Johnson Coliseum. Official business will wrap up by Friday, with the signing of the constitution Thursday evening; the unofficial end of the convention is Saturday, with a fireworks show and concert featuring several regional country, rock and gospel musicians and bands at Homer Bryce Stadium.

July 29th, 2011: Breaking of Relations; Ongoing Trial: SMOLYAN,  - Following the Serbian announcement of earlier today, President Yane Yanev condemned the Serbian authorities, comparing its leadership to, among other things, diseased rodents, prior to announcing that his government was breaking off any and all relations with the Serbian government.

The trial of Georgi Pirinski, Jr. continues, with the prosecution today showing the extent of the structural demolition that the Vidinites did to the vast majority of buildings, especially churches, in their territory, and the large numbers found to have died as a result.

July 29th, 2011: Serbia Recognizing the Vidinites:  KRAGUJEVAC,  - Today General Božidar Delić, President of Serbia, announced that his government was officially recognizing the Vidinite soldiers that took refuge in its territory following their loss in the  as the successor to the government of Bulgaria.

July 28th, 2011: Rumors out of Vize: VIZE, Greek Federation - Rumors emerged from the Rhodopian consulate today that the meetings are to do with the establishment of some sort of new treaty. It is unknown as to what end this is for, however.

July 28th, 2011: Workers, university officials finish preparations for Texas Constitutional Convention: NACOGDOCHES, (East) Republic of Texas - Workers finished preparations Thursday on the Stephen F. Austin University campus for the Texas Constitutional Convention that will begin Monday, August 1 and last at least through the end of the week.

Voters in eight survivor states across the former U.S. state of Texas - West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas,, the city states of Borger, Graham and Paris and the host (East) Republic of Texas - approved the constitution in a special referendum on May 31. Since then, delegates from each of the eight states were chosen to officially represent their states and sign the constitution for the Republic of Texas, the nation that would unify them into one entity in early 2012.

The delegates have since arrived in Nacogdoches, along with thousands of interested observers from across the region, the former United States and dozens of other countries, including Mexico, Brazil, the United American Republic, the ANZC and Canada, as well as representatives of the League of Nations. Media from across the region and many of the other survivor states, along with reporters from Mexico, the Caribbean, the ANZC, Canada, South America, and Europe, are also in town to observe the convention.

A small contingent representing the Committee to Restart the United States of America (CRUSA) is expected to be in Nacogdoches next week as well.

July 28th, 2011: Midwestern city state of Joplin still struggling to get back in business, despite aid from other American nations: JOPLIN, MISSOURI - A press conference was held by Joplin leaders on Thursday to give a "state of the city" address on the Midwestern North American city-state, just over two months after a tornado devastated much of the city and resulted in casualties in the hundreds and extensive property damage.

Relief efforts led by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with assistance from Mexico, Canada, the ANZC and every U.S. survivor nation, have led to the restoration of basic services to the area. However, hundreds of people remain homeless, living in Red Cross shelters set up outside of Joplin, and officials estimate the town might not be fully restored until the fall of 2012.

Joplin leaders have been negotiating with regional and Mexican corporations about establishing presences in the town to add much-needed jobs to the area, not just for those still living in Joplin but to attract the hundreds who have left the area for perceived better conditions in nearby Hannibal, Cape Girardeau, Hot Springs and as far away as Kentucky and north Texas.

July 25th, 2011: Announcement by the Japanese Diet Kyoto, JAPAN - Takahiro Eda, the Prime Minster of Japan, has announced that after many months of discussions in the Diet a new Emperor will take the vacant Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan on the 29th September 2011, 29 years to the day after the previous Emperor, Hirohito (now known as Emperor Shōwa) was officially declared dead. Yoshihisa Nakashima was born in Nagoya on 22nd January 1968 (aged 43) and he is the great grandson of Emperor Komei (1831-1867). The future Emperor Nakashima is married and has two daughters and a son.

July 19th, 2011: Pirinski Trial Opens: SMOLYAN, Rhodope - The trial of Georgi Pirinski, Jr., former Chairman of the Council of Ministers with the Vidin regime, began today with passionate opening statements by both the prosecutor and Pirinski's Siberian lawyers. Given the mountains of evidence obtained by the Rhodopian government, the trial is expected to take several months.

July 18th, 2011: Last Uprising Crushed; Government Meeting with Vidinites: KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia - Reports out of Serbia today indicate that the last of the uprisings against General Božidar Delić following his seizure of power has been crushed in Northern Vojvodina. The few survivors fled northwards into the Hungarian Wastes.

Also, it has been observed that the leaders of the Vidinites that took refuge in Serbia following the conclusion of the Rhodopian-Vidinite War met with the General today. It is unknown as to what the meeting entailed, but it is believed that it will be announced soon, likely after the trial of Pirinski starts in Smolyan tomorrow.

July 15th, 2011: Announcement of Official Greek-Rhodopian Alliance:  SKYROS, Greek Federation - Rumor has had it for several months, since the conclusion of the Second Sicilian War, that the Greek and Rhodopian governments would make their quasi-alliance into an official one. Today, these rumors where confirmed when a surprise press conference was announced at Skyros, where the emperor-designate, the Rhodopian ambassador, and the Speaker of the Greek Parliament all signed a Treaty, to be known as the Treat of Skyros, establishing the alliance. Much of the agreement will take effect immediately, but any concrete defense obligations will only begin on January 1st, 2012.

Rumors have also surfaced that the Crimean, Rhodopian, and Transylvanian consuls in Thrace, along with representatives of the Greek Government, have also been meeting in Thrace the last few weeks. It is unknown at this time as to what it could be for, however.

July 11th, 2011: Title of the Greek Monarch Announced: SKYROS, Greek Federation - The Greek government today announced that Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad, monarch designate of the Greek Federation, will be named to the title of emperor. Given the nature of the Federation, Greek politicians thought that this made the most sense, despite any issues it may cause diplomatically, especially with the Sultanate.

July 1st, 2011: Identity of the Future Bride of the Greek Monarch Announced: SKYROS, Greek Federation - It was rumored last month that he would marry a daughter of one of the claimants from the former Royal House, so long as she converted too. Today, this proved true when it was announced that Bahaa, as per his request, and under the conditions of the agreement signed by all candidates, would marry Cia-Rosemarie Bernadotte, a daughter of the very man he beat out for the title, Carl Johan Gustaf Vilhelm Count Bernadotte, on the day of his coronation, after they had both converted.

June 22nd 2011: Election Results Announced in Essex:  CHELMSFORD, Essex - Following yesterday's election, Jim Barker-McCardle becomes High Minister, ousting the incumbent Lee Evans. Winning by a margin of as little as 3% of the electorate, Barker-McCardle's victory is controversial but Evans has not contested the vote and congratulated the new High Minister, who will formally assume the position at sundown today.

June 18th 2011: New Cardinals Announced: VATICAN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Today, Pope Anthony I announced that nine new cardinals have been appointed. These include the Archbishops of Antananarivo, Brentwood, Chihuahua, Corfu, Macau, and Marquette, the newly-appointed Archbishop of Paderborn, the new Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a new Cardinal-Deacon.

June 18th, 2011: Military Province of Turkmaniston ascended into a viloyat: TÜRKMENABAT, Bukhara - Shukria Raad Alimi, Emir of Bukhara, has today traveled to the city of Türkmeniabat, where she has discussed with the local military and civilian leaders on the matter of the ascension of the military province of Turkmaniston into a civilian province or viloyat. The results were satisfactory to the Türkmenabati populace, with the decision from the Bukharan government to make the Military Province of Turkmaniston a viloyat, renaming it Türkmenabat as well.

June 17th, 2011: Rhodopian Discovery in Former Bulgaria: SMOLYAN, Rhodope - Rhodopian exploration parties in what was formerly Eastern Bulgaria today came across the town of Smyadovo, at the edge of the area where they had expected to find out if long-held rumors of a state held any truth. The locals claim that, after some sort of catastrophe, they are the only survivors from this state. More will come as the locals are interviewed.

June 16th, 2011: Serbian Coup Condemned: NUKA'ALOFA, Tonga - The League of Nations has officially condemned the coup that occurred yesterday in Serbia, calling it, among other things, "bad precedent," "a sign of things to come in the region," and "another spark for the Balkan Powder-keg." This comes right on the heels of reports from Serbia that would=be rebels are being slaughtered, and that the self-declared President and his forces have indeed managed to seize all of the provincial capitals as well.

June 15th, 2011: Coup in Serbia: KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia - Today, General Božidar Delić of the Serbian Army led troops into the National Assembly, arresting many of the members and shooting some as well. Similar actions are being reported from the provincial capitals, and both the elected President and Prime Minister are dead. Božidar has declared himself President, and that the time has come to "take back what is rightfully ours." Rebellions have already begun, but with the tacit support of the Serbian military behind the coup, they are likely to be crushed.

June 15th, 2011: Aftershocks in Christchurch: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, ANZC - A strong aftershock of magnitude 5.0 hit the city today, causing several buildings damaged further in the quake two days ago to collapse.

June 15th, 2011: Status of Puyehue Volcano Eruption: SANTIAGO, Chile - The Puyehue Volcano, located in Southern Chile, began a new round of eruption on June 4 and since then has forced to the evacuation of some 3500 residents from the nearby areas. Also, the clouds of ash produced by the eruption has caused the disruption of flights in Chile, the United American Republic, Brazil and, recently, in Oceania.

June 13th 2011: Another Massive Earthquake in Christchurch: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, ANZC - A shallow Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake, with an epicenter about 13km from the centre of the city and only 6kms deep has again struck Christchurch in the ANZC. Buildings damaged in the previous two large quakes in the last year collapsed, and one person is confirmed dead. Given the significant number of aftershocks from the September quake, another strong quake such as that one is quite likely to occur at some point in the next year.

June 12th, 2011: 2011 Turkish General Election Results: KONYA, Turkey - Voters in the Sultanate of Turkey have reelected the New Turkiye Party (YTP) to a third term in power. Led by their new party leader and now Grand Vizier, Ali Babacan, the YTP plans to push forward with its current agenda. However, there have been growing gains made the opposition as the YTP demonstrates increasingly authoritarian control over Turkish politics.

June 10th, 2011: Nordic Union Expands: STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nordic Union - On this day, President of the Nordic Union Halldór Ásgrímsson announced the third expansion of the Nordic Union. The Sampi and Novgorod Republics were formally admitted as members, and by their own request, the duchies of Courland and Lithuania were formally admitted as observers, like North Germany was admitted last year. While it is known that these parties have been in negotiations about the matter for quite some time, it is believed that the recent expansion by Siberia in this direction caused things to happen faster than would have been the case otherwise.

June 4th, 2011: Hint at the Identity of the Woman who will Marry Bahaa: SKYROS, Greek Federation - Sources from inside the Federation government today have anonymously released to the media today that Bahaa will be marrying a daughter of one of the claimants descended from the former Greek Royal House, provided one was willing and would convert if needed. Government officials refuse to comment on the matter, however.

May 31st, 2011: Texas survivor republics overwhelmingly approve constitution: MIDLAND, West Texas - Voters in eight survivor states across the former U.S. state of Texas overwhelmingly approved a constitution for the nation that would unify them into one entity by 2012.

A majority vote (51 percent or more) was required for full passage of the referendum, which required voters to ask if they approved the constitution of the Republic of Texas. The breakdown is as follows:


 * West Texas 92% yes, 7% no, 1% undecided


 * Eastern Texas 94% yes, 5% no, 1% undecided


 * RGV 96% yes, 2% no, 2% undecided


 * Graham 83% yes, 13% no, 4% undecided


 * Paris 86% yes, 8% no, 6% undecided


 * Borger 67% yes, 11% no, 22% undecided
 * South Texas 82% yes, 13% no, 5% undecided


 * Association of Central Texas 84% yes, 12% no, 4% undecided

The eight states have begun to choose delegates for a constitutional convention at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches in August to approve the new constitution.

May 21st, 2011: Joplin devastated by massive tornado. JOPLIN, MISSOURI - Severe storms rocked the Joplin area on Saturday killing at least 120 people, leaving close to a 1000 injured and an unknown number homeless. More severe weather is expected in the same areas as well as the former states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas over the next few days. President Brad Ellsworth of Kentucky has pledged to help Joplin any way they can and have already deployed search and rescue forces to the Joplin area.

May 9th, 2011: The 14th GLONASS satellite finally launched KRASNOYARSK, USSR- The 14th GLONASS satellite, the Потёмкин (Potemkin), was launched today from the USSR, finishing their involvement in the third stage of launches. A spokesperson said that the delay was unfortunate, but that the launches would go on as planned.

9th May, 2011: After effects of the Ur Alba War

The death toll for the Ur Alba war was high


 * Ur Alba - 2187
 * Celtic Alliance - 832
 * RCTA - 27
 * Northumbrian Army/Rheged Militia - 34
 * Scottish civilians - 197
 * Southern English Navy - 15

In addition 774 Ur Alba Troops were captured and taken to a POW camp outside Douglas, Isle of Mann.

Directly after the war the Celtic Alliance signed an agreement with Northumbria, Cleveland and Southern England to help set up a democratic government in Scotland. They decide to make the seat of government in Edinburgh.

There has also been a decision that a group of Cleveish, Northumbrian, Celts and Southern English politians and developers will lead the country until a true democratic Scottish government can be established

After the war the allied nations decided to divide up some of the land that Ur Alba had conquered in the past two years.


 * Celtic Alliance will get the Irish Sea coastline including the towns of Ayr and Dumfries and east to the former A76.


 * Northumbria will get a border with the Celtic Alliance along the southern section of the old A76. It also gets the towns of Lockerbie and Moffat, all land south of the A706 including the towns of Selkirk, Hawick, Melrose, Jedburgh, Kelso, Galashiels, Duns and the port of Eyemouth on the North Sea coast.

8th May, 2011 : Clevelander reaches summit of Everest BASE CAMP IV, MT Everest Alan Hinkes returns to Base Camp IV after successfully reaching the summit of Mount Everest at just before 11am on the 7th of May 2011. He has severe frostbite to his left hand after loosing his outer glove on the summit while taking photographs, he expects to be returning to the by the end of the month.

8th May, 2011: Fall of Ur Alba PEEBLES, Ur Alba    /  During the night roughly 2500 civillians evacuated Peebles with the allied troops giving safe passage to women and children, all men were searched and anyone showing allegiance to the Ur Alba military or the Chamberhouse were taken into custody and taken to a camp near the Northumbrian town of Carlisle.

At 10am the bombardment of the capital city of Peebles begins, the CA air force begins by dropping bombs on the main bridge across the River Tweed in the city centre, effectively cutting the city in half and by destroying Venlaw Castle, the seat of the Chamberhouse. The allied troops begin by firing mortars and heavy artillery into the west and south of the city. Celtic Alliance troops advance quickly from the west across the former Golf club land and with 100 troop moving across the north of the city, taking up position on the high ground above the city. They begin mortaring the city centre.

At 10.30am the Ur Alba troops begin their attack along the Edinburgh Road dividing the troops on the high ground the east from the main CA troops, they then begin the attack on the CA troops on the high ground, however due to the steepness of the ground and the defending CA troop the Ur Alba troops take heavy casualties and by 11.20am they withdraw back to the city centre.

In the south RCTA and Northumbrian army troops with the assistance of the CA air force attack the south of the city beginning at 11am, the majority of the south falls quickly, however there are two areas of stiff resistance, one between the destroyed main bridge and the main weir across the river and another near a small footbridge in the west of the city. It takes nearly an hour for the footbridge to fall and another two hours for the main bridge to fall. casualties on both sides are heavy with 150 allied troops and over 200 Ur Alba troops dying and many more being injured. Once the south of the city had fallen to the allies they begin to make their way the footbridge and across the River Tweed at the weir at 12pm, at 12.15pm the footbridge that the allied troops are using explodes killing nearly 50 allied troops, the bridge appeared to have been booby trapped by the Ur Alba troops before they fell.

In the north and west CA troops were slowly advancing across the city heading for the city centre, once they had crossed the main graveyard for the city the fighting became street to street, building to building, bolstered by the RCTA and Northumbrian troops coming across the River Tweed they advance more quickly and they take the 'old town' at 2pm. There are several Ur Alba attacks during the day, mainly they are weak and ineffective however at 3.40pm there is a major attack from the east, 300 Ur Alba troops attack down the main High Street, they fight well but the majority of them are killed within the first few minutes of the attack, by 4pm the attack had faltered and the Ur Alba troop withdraw to the far end of the High Street.

By 4.30pm all Ur Alba troops west of a small river known as the Cuddy (otherwise known as the Eddleston Water) have been defeated and only the area north of the Tweed and east of the Cuddy. By 5pm Celtic troops had begun attacking the city from the north along the Edinburgh Road and along the main High Street and a battalion of 300 men from the RCTA have crossed the Tweed to the east of the city and are attacking along the Innerleithen Road back towards the City centre.

At 7pm 500 Ur Alba troops slowly appear on Eastgate waving white flags, they approach the Celtic soldiers and ask to surrender, they carry a hand written letter signed by Chairman Macintire and four other members of the Chamberhouse declaring an unconditional surrender of all Ur Alba military to the allies.

By 8pm all Ur Alba troops have surrendered to the allies, members of the RCTA enter the old Peebles Community Center on Walkers Haugh in the east of the city and find Chairman Macintire, he is dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound alongside him are General MacDonald, the head of the Ur Alba Army and three other unidentified people assumed to be members of the Chamberhouse.

7th May, 2011: Allied troops surround Ur Alba Capital city    /  After the attacks on the town of Dumfries, the allied troops have begun to move towards the Ur Alba capital city of Peebles. The has once again given their final warning to the Chamberhouse to unconditionally surrender or face a military attack. There has been no reply.

By 2pm the allied troops had set up positions around Peebles, the Celtic air force drops leaflets over the city telling all civilians to get out of the city overnight as bombardment and attack will occur tomorrow.

Total troops around Peebles are:
 * Celtic Alliance - 2500
 * RCTA - 700
 * Northumbrian Army - 300
 * Rheged Militia - 200

There are an estimated 3000 Ur Alba troops in Peebles itself.

6th May 2011: Second attempt on Mt Everest summit BASE CAMP IV, MT EVEREST The weather has broken around Mount Everest and is expected to stay fine for the next few days, mountineer Alan Hinkes has said he expects that the attempt will begin before daybreak on the 7th of May.

6th May, 2011: Assault on Dumfries    / At daybreak the attack began on the Ur Alba town of Dumfries, the resistance from the town was extreamly heavy and the fight continued for the remainder of the day, by 5pm the majority of the town had fell to the allied troops with only a small area on the east bank of the River Cree around the St George's church.

The battle continued until 7pm when approximately 50 Ur Alba troops charged the allied lines, they were shot down before they could reach the forward allied lines, the remaining 60 men inside the church surrendered shortly afterwards and have been transported to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

Casualties for the day were very high


 * Celtic Alliance: Dead - 197, injured - 72
 * Northumbrian Army: Dead - 5, injured - 17
 * Rheged Militia: Dead - 7, injured - 22
 * Ur Alba: Dead - 372, injured - 87, captured - 72

May 5th, 2011: Operation Northern Hammer begins KRASNOYARSK, USSR - Siberian officials announced today that USSR forces began the already announced campaign of "northern reunification" with Soviet Karelia. The push will last for about two months, in which time a new territory will be formed and the LoN will officially recognize Siberian claims to the acquired territory.

5th May, 2011 : Last diplomatic alternative fails    /  At 8am the government of the Celtic Alliance contacted the Chamberhouse in Peebles and asked for the Ur Alba military to surrender unconditionally, if that occurs then the allies military will not attack the heavily populated Ur Alba towns of Dumfries, Lockerbie and Peebles.

The Ur Alba chamberhouse has responded at 10am by saying that ''The people of Ur Alba will never surrender to the imperialistic and hostile invaders that have attack our lands. The Ur Alba people will fight to the last man and the last bullet''.

After this message was received by the Celtic Alliance, CA troops moved to surround the town of Dumfries, it was fully surrounded by 6pm and the bombardment began shortly after 7pm, the CA air force has begun to bomb obvious military targets while the CA Navy has begun bombardment of the town centre.

During the day allied troops also surrounded the town of Lockerbie, however the local civilian population surrendered to the Celtic troops at 5pm rather than be attacked, the civilians had attacked the Ur Alba troops based in the town shortly after the Chamberhouse message.

In the North Sea the SE navy accompanied by the Cleveland battleship HMS Tees has arrived off the Ur Alba coast, they have begun blockading the ports of Eyemouth (Where HMS Tees has been sent), North Berwick and Dunbar.

4th May, 2011: Attacks continue in Ur Alba    /  The Rheged Militia and Northumbrian army took the Ur Alba port town of Annan with very light resistance by 2pm, the Ur Alba army had withdrawn towards the town of Lockerbie before the attack occurred.

In the east the town of Kelso put up a heavier resistance it was only after the 1st brigade of the Green Howards TA broke into the the centre of the town at 2pm that the Ur Alba troops began a strategic withdrawal to the towns of Melrose and Selkirk protecting the road to the Ur Alba capital Peebles, they also retreated from the border town of Coldstream and the towns of Jedburgh and Hawick all three of which have now been taken by the Northumbrian army with the assistance of 2nd brigade of the Green Howards. All forward Northumbrian army and Royal Cleveland Territorial Army troops have taken up station in Galashiels, within one days march of the Ur Alba capital Peebles.

In the west the expected attack on the Ur Alba military town of Newton Stewart began just before daybreak with a sustained bombardment from the Celtic Navy and Air force and mortar and heavy artillery attack from the Celtic infantry the attack was lead from the south from the division based in Creetown as they moved northwards and cut off all the only road to be used as an escape point by the Ur Alba military then at 10am the main attack occurs and after heavy fighting, much of it street to street and even building to building the town was taken by Celtic troops at 5pm, they had suffered heavy losses with 297 Celtic troops killed and another 218 injured, the Ur Alba army suffered much heavier casualties, mainly from the overnight bombardment total killed for the Ur Alba army was 491 dead, 252 injured and 371 captured. the captured Military were taken to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

After taking the town 1500 Celtic troops began moving eastwards along the old A712 towards the city of Dumfries. BY nightfall they had reached the Clatteringshaw Loch where they set up base for the night. {C}The troops that had been moving down the Macintire wall have turned east and are heading towards the Ur Alba city of Dumfries

In Cleveland HMS Tees has had her sea trials cut short and has docked in Hartlepool to resupply and receive her final armaments, she is expected to join with the Southern English Navy as the steam northwards toward the Ur Alba North Sea ports tomorrow.

Currently the only towns under Ur Alba control are Dumfries, Lockerbie, which are becoming isolated in the north and Celtic sources believe they will fall in the next two days. Peebles, the capital city, Edinburgh, which only has a small contingent of army, and the ports along the North Sea coast particularly Dunbar, North Berwick and Eyemouth.

Fatalities, injured and captured totals (to the end of the 4th of May) are:


 * Celtic Alliance: Dead - 557, Injured - 320, Captured (MIA) - 1
 * Ur Alba: Dead -1127, Injured - 391 , Captured (MIA) - 553
 * RCTA: Dead - 1, Injured - 27, Captured - 0
 * Northumbrian Army: Dead - 4, Injured 12, Captured - 0
 * Rheged Militia: Dead - 1, Injured 9, Captured - 0

Total dead - 1690 and injured - 759.

3rd May, 2011: ongoing attacks in the Ur Alba war The high ground of Drumphail was finally cleared of Ur Alba troop at 11am, the high ground of Knockfell was attacked by Celtic ground forces t daybreak after being bombarded by the Celtic navy all night. Resistance was strong and the land had been heavily mined but Knockfell fall cleared by 6pm with the loss of 129 Celtic troops and 300+ Ur Alba troops, another 121 Ur Alba troops were captured and removed to the POW camp on the Isle of Mann.

With the fall of Knockfell the Celtic troops moved quickly so that by nightfall Celtic troops were within range of the west of Newton Stewart, which had been bombarded all night from the Celtic air force, although there were sporadic mortar attacks from the town the Celtic troops dug in for the night as the mortars were not aimed well and appeared to be being fired blind.

During the early morning the 1500 Celtic troops at Blackshaw came under attack from Ur Alba troops protecting Dumfries, the Celtic troops successfully repulsed four separate attacks during the day with no loss of life on the Celtic side.

In the north Celtic troops continued along the Macintire wall, destroying it as they went, during the day they has sparce, sporadic resistance and suffered no injuries or losses and had reached the abandoned town of Ironmacannie.

Also in the north 3000 men have continued their way southwards along the old A74 when they reached the town of Beattock 2000 men continued along the A74 towards the town of Lockerbie the 1000 others moved down the old A701 towards the north of the town of Dumfries.

Troops moving along the MacDonald wall took heavier fighting particularly where the Galloway Forest reached the east side of the defensive wall, the Celtic Alliance lost nearly 50 men in the fighting but by nightfall the troops had reached the banks of the River Cree, they set up their night base in a large selection of farm buildings just north of Newton Stewart.

During the day 300 more Celtic troops landed at the town of Creetown on the east bank of the mouth of the River Cree, they set up base in the town. It is expected that the Ur Alba military base at Newton Stewart will be attacked in the next few days as the Celtic Alliance now has troop bases at its north, south and west.

Also during the day a selection of Rheged Militia, Northumbrian and Cleveland army troops broke across the southern border of Ur Alba with the Rheged Militia and a contingent of Northumbria troops moving towards the lightly defended west Ur Alba town of Annan while in the east a division of the Royal Cleveland Territorial Army and a contingent of Northumbrian Army moved to attack the more heavily defended town of Kelso.

2nd May, 2011: CA - Ur Alba war  - During the morning of the 2nd May Celtic Alliance troops begin landing in the newly captured port of Ayr, 1200 troops land and 500 troops begin moving south along the coast towards the MacDonald Wall destroying abandoned Ur Alba military facilities as they travel, by the evening of the 2nd they have reached the town of Given at the north end of the MacDonald wall.

Another 500 men begin traveling along the northern section of the Macintire wall destroying the wall as they went, by nightfall they had reached the ruins of the town of Dalmellington.

Around the port of Stranrear the Celtic troops have begun to push the Ur Alba troops from the high ground overlooking Stranraer, the high ground of Balmurrie, Drumphail and Carscreugh have been cleared or significantly cleared with the Ur Alba troops retreating to the ruined town of Newton Stewart. However the high ground of Knock Fell and Beneraird has significant numbers of Ur Alba troops heavily dug in.

With the main part of the Ur Alba troops massing in the ruins of Newton Stewart the Celtic air force has begun bombing raids on the military base there.

At 2pm five landing craft land 1500 troops at Blackshaw, south of the Ur Alba city of Dumfries. They set up a base at the mouth of the River Nith.

2nd May, 2011: Kingdoms of Northumbria and Cleveland join the CA/Southern England side - After talks with the Government and Military of the Celtic Alliance the Kingdoms of Cleveland and Northumbria have signed an agreement to move into Ur Alba territory to take the towns of Annan in the west and Kelso in the east from the Ur Alba military. This military action will begin on the 3rd May 2011.

2nd May 2011: Clevelander make 1st attempt at Everest summit MT EVEREST BASE CAMP IV, Alan Hinkes has made hit first attempt on the summit of Mount Everest, he was turned back with 500 feet to go due to heavy weather, he expects the weather to break on the 7th or 8th of May at which point he will make another attempt.

May 1st, 2011: The bulk of USSR forces to return home, KSOR forces move into Nicaragua - MANAGUA, - Today, the mission of the Siberian forces operating on the -Nicaragua border was officially given to KSOR forces, while the bulk of the USSR's forces will head home in the following few days. The 15000 strong force will operate under the leadership of Cuban officers, while the USSR will commit a 1000 men as advisers. Siberian leadership has named the move, "an effort to return power to our Caribbean brothers in their own affairs". However, it has been suggested that this move has come at this time as Siberian officials will proceed to repatriate land in the north of the former Soviet Union and need all available forces.

1st May, 2011: Capture of the Ur Alba port of Ayr  At daybreak four landing craft land near the Ur Alba port of Ayr, two land at the former Prestwick golf club another two land on the north side of the mouth of the River Doon, in total they land 500 troops, they quickly move to take the port to stop attacks by the Ur Alba Navy.

By 10am the CA troops have taken the south side of the River Ayr and in the north they have moved to with 500 meters of the port itself, the Celtic troops have been helped by a large number of local population who are loyal to the Celtic Alliance.

The Ur Alba troops based in the port are putting up a strong resistance, but as there are only estimated to be 200 Ur Alba men in the port facility.

At approximately 12.30pm, the port facility at Ayr falls to the Celtic Alliance, the surviving 129 Ur Alba troops are captured and taken to a facility for prisoners of war on the Isle of Mann.

Fatalities are 37 Celtic troops killed, 58 injured and 116 Ur Alba troops killed, 43 injured, 129 captured.

5000+ Troops have begun moving south and east from Glasgow, quickly taking land from the Ur Alba reserve troops. Rumors around the Celtic Alliance say that there are plans to take Peebles by the end of May.

29th-30th April 2011:Bombardment of Stranraer During the night of the 29th and into the early morning of the 30th April the Celtic Alliance lands a further 2000 troops on the beaches around Stranraer territory, they also bring more self propelled guns, tanks and other military vehicles.

At daybreak CA military jets begin bombing Ur Alba positions on the high ground to the east of Stranraer, Ur Alba troops defend themselves using anti-aircraft guns and surface to air missiles, two CA jets are shot down during the morning, one pilot is killed and another bails out over unfriendly territory, his condition is currently unknown. Ur Alba troops began the bombardment of the port town of Stranraer at 10am using mobile artillery and mortars. CA troops in the town have returned fire.

At 1pm, five armed fishing vessels of the Ur Alba Navy appear to the north of Stranraer territory, two CA frigates and 1 CA destroyer moved north to intercept them, they attack at long range so that the Ur Alba vessels cannot return fire, three Ur Alba vessels are seriously damaged and one sinks, the surviving vessels retreat to the port of Ayr, two frigates follow them and blockade the port to stop them returning to sea.

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