Timeline (Asia for the Asiatics!)

This is the timeline for the Asia for the Asiatics! alternate history.

1909-1920
1909: POV October 26, Itō Hirobumi survives an assassination attempt in Korea.

1910: Japanese-Korean Union Treaty signed 1911: December 29, Sun Yat-Sen elected the first President of China
 * Establishes the semi-autonomous Empire of Korea within the Empire of Greater Japan
 * Military and diplomacy under Japanese control
 * Japanese occupation limited to scattered bases throughout the country
 * Signed by Korean Emperor Gojong

1912: July 30, Emperor Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor dies. Emperor Yoshito rises to the throne as the Taisho Emperor

1912: Japan begins broadcasting ideas and transmissions about Asian unity and independence
 * Ideas gain strengthen in China, Thailand, and the Philippines

1913: Yuan Shikai elected President of China

1914: June 28, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated

1914: July 28, World War I Begins

1914: August 23, Japan enters World War I

1914: November 7, German-controlled Tsingtao surrenders; Other German Pacific territories fall easily

1914: Sun Yat-Sen flees China; Founds Chinese Revolutionary Party in Japan 1915: Yuan Shikai declares himself Emperor of China 1917: New Republic of China government established in Guangdong by Sun; Supported and recognized by Japan 1917: Whampoa Military Academy established with Japanese funding to assist in KMT officier training
 * Received support from the Japanese government
 * Almost all former Kuomintang members rejoin
 * Democratic and stable
 * Local warlords quickly incorporated into government

1917: Republican Demands issued by Japan to China 1917: Emperor Yuan abolishes monarchy, but does not hold free and fair elections; angers Japan
 * 1) Readopt the 1912 Constitution
 * 2) Abolish the monarchy
 * 3) Establish a democracy
 * 4) Allow free, multi-party elections
 * 5) Enter into an alliance with Japan

1918: War ends; Japan continue to occupy and administer Shandong Peninsula who provide it as a base for the nationalists; infuriates Yuan

1918: November, Japan joins the multi-national Siberian Intervention force

1919: January 21, Emperor Gojong of Korea dies. The throne of Korea officially reverts to the Yamato Dynasty. Emperor Yoshito becomes Emperor of Korea

1919: May 4th Movement increases support for KMT and republican government in China

1920-1929
1921: July 1, Communist Party of China founded

1922: Japan withdraws from the Russian Far East; continues to occupy the northern half of Sahklin Island

1923: Chiang Kai-Shek is sent to Japan for military and political training

1924: Election of Katō Komei as Prime Minister of Japan; Beginning of further democratic reforms in Japan

1925: Introduction of universal male suffrage in Japan and Korea

1925: Sun Yat-Sen dies

1926: KMT Northern Expedition and Second Sino-Japanese War begin
 * Japan went to war in support of the KMT; invade Manchuria
 * KMT, led by Chiang Kai-Shek, conquer southern China within 9 months
 * Japan conquers Manchuria within 6 months

1926: December 25, Emperor Yoshito dies. Emperor Hirohito rises to the throne as the Shōwa Emperor

1927: Battle of Baoding - remiants of Beiyang Army and allied warlords defeated. Northern China comes under KMT control

1927: Shandong returned to KMT control

1927: Chinese Communists split from KMT and open warfare between the two begins

1927: Japan annexes Manchuria as part of surrender agreement 1928: Chinese capital moved to Nanjing; Republic of China in full control of most of Inner China 1928: Chiang Kai-Shek elected President of the Republic of China
 * Last imperial act of Japan in China
 * Meant to appease last of the militarists
 * Sets up republican government
 * Grudgingly accepted by ROC; People saw it as a Manchu nation
 * KMT remains dominate party in ROC

1929: Meiji Constitution rewritten
 * Power of the Emperor restricted; subordinate to Parliament and the Cabinet
 * Military put under Parliamentary control
 * Deemphasized the emperor's divinity
 * Great victory for Left; Destroys far-right

1930-1939
1930: Japan initiates the Meiji Project to induce rapid economic and military development in China

1931: Democracy introduced to Taiwan; given self-governing assembly

1931: Japanese financial and military support continues

1932: PanAsianism spreads in India; Gandhi becomes a believer

1933: Republic of Uyghuristan declared in the former Chinese province of Xinjiang

1934: October, Chinese Communists, led by Mao Zedong, begin the Long March, a retreat from KMT forces

1938: Referendum for the Status of Taiwan; Votes to become a prefecture of Japan
 * Became Taipei and Kaohsiung Prefectures

1934: Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah meet with Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi to discuss Japanese support for Indian independence
 * India-Japan Pact signed; pledged Japanese political support for Indian independence
 * Indoctrinated Indian leaders into PanAsian community

1936: Chinese War of Unification begins; Chinese, backed by Japanese troops, weapons, and money, wage war against the central Chinese warlords and Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong

1938: Japan forces China to recognize the independence of Uyghuristan and Tibet
 * Japan begins to work with both nations to initiate a rapid industrialization process
 * Increases dissatisfaction with Japan in some Chinese political circles

1939: September 1, Germany invades Poland; World War II in Europe begins

1939: October 1, Last of warlords defeated; Chinese Unification Day declared
 * Mao Zedong, and the 200,000 strong Red Army, dissolve into a guerrilla movement in western China with much of their political leadership fleeing to the Mongolia.

1939: Chinese coastal areas are rapidly modernizing thanks to Japanese investment; many have or are building modern ports, shipyards, and industrial factories

1939: Battle of Khalkhin Gol - Japanese forces defeat Soviet forces when they try to advance into Mongolia, but they stop their advance fearing a war with the Soviet Union
 * Japanese-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed afterward

1940-1949
1940: September 27, Japan signs Tripartite Pact with Italy and Japan
 * Seen as needed to enable the War of Liberation in Asia

1940: August 1, The Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere (GEACS) founded
 * Founding members: Japan, China, Uyghuristan, Tibet

1940: September, Japan seizes French Indochina 1940: October, Siam (Thailand) allies with Japan and China; Joins GEAC
 * Kingdom of Cambodia, the United Republic of Vietnam, and the Republic of Laos formed as independent countries from the territory
 * Disputed Thai provinces in Indochina were ceded back to Siam (Thailand)

1941: Chinese Communist insurgency growing some support from peasants who failed to gain from the same economic growth experienced on the coasts, a worrying development for the KMT

1941: July 4, Philippine Revolution begins
 * Japan recognizes the Second Philippine Republic and begins providing financial and logistical support

1941: December 7, Japan attacks American base at Pearl Harbor; Japan enters World War II
 * Declaration of War delivered before the attack begins
 * Launches three attack waves which destroys battleships, air fields, and oil tanks; neutralizes American Pacific Fleet except for carriers

1941: December 8, A joint Japanese-Chinese force attack the British Crown colony of Hong Kong; Japanese forces attack the American-controlled Philippines in support of the Philippine rebels; Japanese and Thai forces invade British Malaya

1941: December 9, Nazi Germany and Italy declare war on the United States

1942: January, Japanese, Thai, and Chinese forces invade Burma; Japan invades the East Indies, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands

1942: February 27, Battle of the Java Sea - a Japanese victory that gave them control of the East Indies

1942: March 23, Japanese occupy Andaman Islands

1942: March 31, Japanese carrier raid in the Indian Ocean; sink the carrier HMS Hermes to gain control of the Indian Ocean

1942: May, Asian forces reach Indian border

1942: May 8, American forces in the Philippines surrender to Japanese and Filipino forces
 * All Filipino POWs are released; many join the new Army of the Philippines
 * Entire island chain completely secured

1942: May 4-8, Japanese forces defeat an Allied naval fleet in the Coral Sea and land on the southern coast of New Guinea; Port Moresby is seized within two weeks signaling the fall of New Guinea
 * Sinks 2 of the American's 3 remaining carriers
 * Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal seized shortly after
 * Australia cut off from United States by Japanese air power

1942: June, Japan seizes Midway Island and destroy a small surface fleet, along with the last American carrier, defending it
 * Destruction of US fleet has given Japan naval dominance of the Pacific

1942: August 8, Allied counterattack launched in the Solomon Islands

1942: August, Quit India Movement begins; massive demonstrations for immediate independence paralyze British forces in the country
 * Had support of both the Indian National Congress and Muslim League
 * Many independence leaders, including Gandhi, thrown in Jail

1942: September, Indian National Army, or Azad Hind Fauj, founded in Singapore by Subhas Chandra Bose
 * Recruited Indian prisoners of war in Southeast Asia; most joined
 * supported by Japanese government and Indians living in southeast Asia

1942: November, Japanese expel the Allies from the Solomon Islands
 * Australia once again cut off from America
 * US attempts to continue supplying Australia by sending convoys further southward

1943: January, Japan makes landings on New Caledonia, the New Hebrides Islands, Samoa, and Fuiji in a series of rapid offensives
 * Threatens to completely cuts off Australia and New Zealand
 * Australia considers surrender

1943: March, Japan invades Ceylon; Azad Hind moves their bases and men to the island

1943: August, State of Burma formed; led by Ba Maw; Burma National Army led by Aung Sun; joins GEACS
 * Japanese, Thai, and Chinese occupational forces began slow withdrawal to select bases

1943: November 18, British troops on Ceylon surrender; the independent United Republic of India declared at Colombo
 * A new wave of protests breakout in India; West India breaks out into open revolt

1944: February, Japanese launch an assault on the Hawaiian Islands
 * Americans lose Battle of Hawaii
 * Newly rebuilt American navy and air force destroyed by Japanese air and sea power
 * O'ahu occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army by April

1944: May 3, Australia and New Zealand surrender
 * Grant New Guinea, Fuiji, the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, and Samoa independence under Japanese military protection

1944: October, Operation: Hawaiian Freedom launched
 * Japanese repel American invasion force, which fails to liberate Hawaii, but American forces retain control of other islands

1944, October 27, Indian rebels seize Islamabad and raise the flag of United India; most of northwest India under rebel control

1944: November, New Japanese intercontinental bomber launched against the US
 * Causes minimal damage, but successfully strikes Seattle, San Fransisco, and San Diego
 * Starts a popular outcry against the current government and the war

1944: December, USA starts deploying peace feelers

1945: January 28, Japanese peace delegation arrives in Mexico City to begin the peace negotiations

1945: January 8, Treaty of Mexico City signed
 * Referendum held to determine future of Hawaii
 * Votes to remain as part of the United States
 * Hawaii to remain demilitarized for 5 years
 * Grants Philippines independence
 * Cedes Guam, Wake, and Midway Islands to Japan
 * US must recognize all newly independent Asian countries
 * Peace signed aboard the Japanese superbattleship Yamato in Pearl HarborPostWW2Asia2.jpg

1945: April, Japan and its Asian allies begin Operation: Indian Sunset, the liberation of India
 * Japanese naval fleet drive remaining British naval assets into Persian Gulf or Red Sea
 * Invasion forces land in south and west India, where they're joined by Indian rebels

1945: May 2, Greater German Reich surrenders bringing an end to the War in European

1945: June, Second Sepoy Rebellion started by the oppressive British policies implemented to prevent further dissension
 * Most Indian soldiers within 100 kilometers of the front (West, South, East) surrendered and joined the Indian National Army
 * Brought about the collapse of the British defense of India

1945: July 16, America tests its first nuclear weapon, but it was too late to win the war

1946: November, Princely States abandon British and join United India; Nepal withdrew from British protection

1946: December 31, Delhi liberated and British surrender; End of World War II and the Pacific War

1947: January 1, Indian Unification Day declared; Liberation Day declared across Asia

1949: July 31, Japan tests its first nuclear weapon in Manchuria; Initially kept secret

1949: August 29, Soviet Union announces its successful detonation of a nuclear device

1949: September 10, Japan announces its successful nuclear test from a month earlier