1983: Doomsday



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Welcome to the Portal Page for the 1983: Doomsday ATL. This timeline explores the consequences of the Doomsday Event, a worldwide nuclear attack that obliterated much of human civilization. The history covers everything from the direct aftermath up to the present day worldwide situation.

This is a "live" timeline - its story continues to unfold in the present day, in real time. See the Live Content section for the latest news updates.

This is also a collaborative timeline, produced by a team of contributors. If you want to join us in developing this world, we welcome your additions. Before making major edits to the articles within this ATL, please take some time to read the Editorial Guidelines.

Introduction
The Point of Divergence of the 1983: Doomsday- Timeline is a well-known though often underestimated event that took place on 26th of September in the year 1983.

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

Suddenly, the computer-based warning systems reported several US Nuclear Missiles approaching Soviet territory. "Here", 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 attempting to "cut off the head" and launched their forces, in the belief it was a "counter-strike", not a first-strike.

Consequently, since the world public 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 in the whole Cold War. Colonel Petrov has in fact been honoured as one of the few true "world saviours" and several documentaries prove the seriousness of this event.

This Timeline postulates the results after Colonel Petrov being sent to another installation several days before September 26th. The officer now on duty on September 26th takes the alert as correct 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. When the first alerted missile is proved to be a false alarm, it is already too late. Thousands of nuclear warheads consequently detonate at targets worldwide, mainly in the northern hemisphere. As The People's Republic of China was surprisingly attacked by Soviet missiles as well,part of their arsenal is launched too.

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

The world largely devastated, 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. With this they are facing challenges seemingly impossible.

After an incredibly hard and horrifying aftermath during the first few years after Doomsday, at least a few regions, territories and countries stabilize and master basic problems such as food and medical supply. As time passes and the recovery continues, new - sometimes surprising- alliances and a new, fragile world order emerge and manifest. 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 lightyears away from any utopian imaginations. Famine, diseases and lack of resources provoke skirmishes and wars in large parts of the world thus often crushing all recovery.

But as some surviving and newly founded nations- particularly a unified Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and a South American Confederation- prove able to master the problems and even intervene internationally, human extinction seems to be finally avoided.

Now, more than 25 years after "Doomsday" bringing mankind at the edge of total extinction, the foundation of the new "League of Nations" on September 26th 2008- has awakened a glance of hope for a possibly more peaceful future for mankind...

But nonetheless, a new threat is emanating once more in the heart of the Old World, endangering much which has been achieved within the quarter of a century...

Live Content
the live section of this ATL

WCRB NewsHour- World Headlines
For all news please refer to our WCRB Newshour Main Page.

April 26, 2009 Pakistan begins offensive into Afghanistan: Soldiers of the Islamic Peoples Republic of Pakistan crossed the border into the lawless region of Afghanistan. A representative of the Pakistani government said that the soldiers were sent to aide their Islamic brothers in bringing order to the state and impose the just law of Allah over the faithful once more.

April 26, 2009 The Pacific Baseball League is established: The Central Committee of the Municipal States of the Pacific announces they will be sponsoring a new baseball league, the Pacific Baseball League. Member cities will be allowed to sponsor teams to compete in the league. It is the hope of the Central Committee that friendly competition between member cities will help promote unity and cooperation in the MSP as a whole. The first season is scheduled to start in 2010.

April 20, 2009 the FIFA announces the first post-Doomsday World Cup: The first post-Doomsday World Cup to be held in Europe will be held in March 2010 in the Celtic Alliance.

April 19, 2009 7:30AM Mancunia brings peace to southern Africa: Rhodesian forces withdrew from South Africa after Salford Diocesian Peace envoy Tony McBride brokered a peace agreement.

April 18, 2009 8:45PM Geneva Alpine Confederation: An emergency session was called by the LoN tonight concerning an escalation of violence in Southern Africa with world leaders putting up a united front with the Mancunian representative to the LoN Paul Saville saying this cycle of violence must end.

April 16, 2009, 11:20pm GMT:  ANZC, South American leaders speak against Rhodesian attacks: In a rare display of solidarity, South American General Governor Íngrid Betancourt and ANZC Senior Ambassador Jonathan Hunt appeared together to speak out against the Rhodesian Kingdom's war of conquest in southern Africa. The two leaders, representatives of rival powers, appeared in a joint press conference televised live in both countries.

April 16, 2009, 7:19 GMT: Conquest of Botswana and Mozambique by Rhodesian forces: Mere hours after the surrender in South Africa, the Rhodesian military opened up two fronts, one in Botswana and one in Mozambique. The people fought fiercely but were overwhelmed by the blitzkrieg tactics and mechanised infantry employed by Rhodesia. These two countries have been added to Rhodesia which is now commonly referred to as the Third British Empire. War with the traditional enemy of the British, France, now seems likely.

April 15, 2009, 11:06 GMT: Annexing of 75% of South African state by Rhodesian troops: On midday of the 15th, Rhodesia had reached Capetown and forced South Africa into an unconditional surrender and claimed up to three quarters of the country's territory. At the same time, the small states of Lesotho and Swaziland were annexed. Other countries have been watching the goings on with much alarm.

April 14, 2009, 4:05 GMT: Invasion of South Africa by Rhodesian troops: On 14th April 2009, the Kingdom of Rhodesia attacked South Africa. The ferocity of the attack overwhelmed South African defences.

April 10, 2009, 6:55 GMT: Good Friday Riots force amendment to Mexican constitution: After months of killings and kidnappings by the MP Dorados (Gold Shirts), 5 million people marched on Mexíca and Mexico City Friday in protest of the MP Party and demanded it be disbanded and its leaders arrested. Two MP Deputies were killed in the riots, while others fled to Cuba. A new amendment to the Constitution recognizes the PRD and PAN as the only legitimate political parties.

March 21, 2009, 4:19pm GMT: New island emerges from Tongan volcano: King Siaosi Tupou V announced that the new island formed by this week's eruption will be named Amanaki - Tongan for "hope" - in honor of the new League of Nations headquartered in the country.

March 19, 2009, 3:30pm GMT: Undersea volcano erupts in Tongan waters: WCRB geologists announced that no threat was posed by the spectacularly massive undersea volcano that had been erupting for days.

Recent additions

 * The history of reconstituted Utah Deseret.gif is now available.


 * Are you ready for the 2010 FIFA World Cup?


 * New page for the surprisingly large Kingdom of Monaco


 * New page for ANZC state: Samoaflag(1983).PNG Samoa


 * At long last, a full page on the Municipal States of the Pacific MPC flag.PNG, the hardscrabble collective of cities on the American West Coast.


 * Summary of divided nation: Flag of Costa Rica.png Cr Sandinista flag (1983dd).PNG Costa Rica


 * The disputed AZNC associated state: [[Image:Australian Alaska.PNG|25px]] Alaska


 * New NGO: Committee to Restore the United States of America


 * New overview of the Geopolitics of the world today


 * A newly condensed and abridged Overview Timeline for the reader with a more abbreviated attention span


 * Historical article: [[Image:Flag of the United States of America.png|25px]] The American Provisional Administration, 1983-1996


 * Major article expansions: [[Image:Rhoflag2.jpg|25px]] The aggressive Kingdom of Rhodesia and the struggling New Union of South Africa


 * New country: [[Image:Mexican Flag 1990.jpg|25px]] The United Mexican States

Principal Content

 * Timeline -   ''the general timeline of this ATL, providing the background and the timeline from 1983 up to the present day"


 * World Country Profiles -   Profiles of described nations, territories and other self - governing bodies


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


 * Science & Technology -  Section covering technological progress, developments & difficulties


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


 * NGO's


 * Geopolitics -  Geopolitical background, Alliances, Cooperations, Rivalries


 * Economy, Trade, Traffic and Logistics -  Background regarding economical topics


 * Die Deutsche Version "1983: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts" findet sich hier

Extras: Images, Statistics, Figures etc.

 * Maps - diverse maps displaying the situation from 1983-today


 * Flags - ''gallery of the flags used in the ATL"


 * WCRB Media Archive - The WCRB Media Archive - documentations, footage, citations


 * People - collection of information regarding important persons


 * Languages - languages spoken in the world before Doomsday, immediately after and in 2009, political, commercial and cultural languages


 * Externals - collection of material related to this ATL, wikipedia etc.


 * World Capitals


 * WCRB - Permanent Doomsday Report A detailed report of the Sept 26, 1983 event including casualties, major destroyed targets, regularly updated

Contributors
''This ATL is being maintained and coordinated by the different branches of the WCRB - World Census and Reclamation Burau

Because of the excellent regional articles (Hawaii, Celtic Alliance, Nordic Union etc.) and to honour the large amount of work done for those articles each registered user taking care of a special region will be awarded a WCRB identity/command post/character if he wants to.


 * WCRB Founder and Director Emeritus: 70.150.208.34


 * WCRB GOHiCO Global Operations High Command - Nuku'Alofa, Kingdom of Tonga Xi'Reney


 * WCRB CPC - Central Pacific Command - Hilo (Hawaii)  Benkarnell


 * WCRB CCSA - Comando Central de Sudamerica - Argentina  Fero


 * WCRB NUC - Northern Union Command - Reykjavik, Iceland Realismadder


 * WCRB CAC - Celtic Alliance Command - Galway, Celtic Aliance  Mjdoch Manchester Celtic Alliance Owen1983


 * WCRB CoCo - Comando de Colombia - Bogotá, Colombia   Chlewey


 * WCRB SIDI - Siberian Division - Sovetskaya Gavan  ShutUpNavi


 * WCRB North American Command - Crescent City Mitro


 * WCRB Centroamerican Command - Mexíca Guinesscap


 * WCRB South Africa Command - Cape Town Mumby


 * WCRB England Expeditionary Division - Middlesbrough Smoggy80


 * WCRB Mediterranean Command - Istanbul Mr.Xeight


 * WCRB Asia Command - Bela Exvoxmachina


 * WCRB Rocky Mountains Expeditionary Division - Billings Loughery111

Research & Report Institutions:


 * WCRB MHI - Military History Institute,  User:JBAltHist


 * WCRB ISHV - International School for Heraldry & Vexillology - Arawa, Soloville   User:$jurimo§


 * WCRB Vexilology office - Aukland Hellerick

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