Timeline (Red Victory)

1914-1916
The First World War begins in 1914. Imperial Russia enters the war with the Allies. On the home front, Russian Empire is currently in a state of anarchy with underground militias ready to tear down the government. This is not made better by Imperial Russian forces suffering heavy losses in the trenches. The Tsar levies heavy taxes on peasants to keep up the war effort. Unrest is building. The philosophies of Lenin and Marx gain popularity.

1917
Russia's constant state of power struggle can contain its self no longer. Civil war erupts begining with the October Revolution. Many factions are fighting to control the former empire. The Bolsheviks in particular are made up of more than 3,000,000 soldiers, opposed by also communist Mensheviks and the loosely confederatated Whites. Despite the White movement has the support of other nations, they are uncoordinated and often at one another's throats.

1923
The Russian Civil War ends with the Bolsheviks victorious, and the newly formed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or U.S.S.R. takes control of all the former land of the Russian Empire. Even though they are a massive nation they aren't very popular, and don't maintain much power in the world. The Soviet Union's economy is still backward and primarily agrarian. Famine and disease are rampant as the Bolsheviks move into power.

1924
Lenin dies of a stroke. Josef Stalin, a member of Lenin's inner circle gains power in the party. His main competition is Leon Trotsky, a powerful and charismatic speaker who is well known by Soviet citizens. Soon, the two are at odds to become Premier.

1929
The Wall Street Crash marks the begining of the Great Depression. Almost every major economy tanks. Stalin becomes Premier and begins to rise to power. he pushes for industrialization and collective agriculture.

1930
Stalin is firmly in power as Soviet dictator. The Soviet Union is becoming an industrial superpower. Germany one of the nations hit terribly by the great depression, falls into a state of anarchy and civil conflict. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis emerge and gain popularity among Germans.

1932-1933
Depression ends in Germany. Hitler assumes power, and buildup of the military begins. Germany is on its way to becoming a superpower. Nazi party rallies give Germans a sense of national pride. The Reichstag is burned and a German communist is framed for the vandalism. In the USSR, Stalin controls the Politburo and begins his purges.

1939


Germany invades Poland, marking the begining of the Second World War. One month later, the Red Army invades Finland, begining the Winter War. The Soviets suffer heavy losses despite the Finns lack of manpower. This shows the Red Army's weakness.

1940
Italy, Germany, Japan, and a few other nations unite as the Axis powers.

1941
German commanders contemplate Operation Barbarossa, but decide against it. As a result, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact stays in effect. As a result, Germany can focus entirely on the Western Front.

1942
The with more resouces, Hitler enacts Operation Sea Lion. Sea Lion is a resounding success. American forces lose all bases in Britain. The Luftwaffe take control of British fighter planes, and the Kreigsmarine commandeer enemy warships as merchant craft.

1943
The USSR is making billions in raw matierial exports to the Reich and the United States. Winston Chuchill and British government officials meet with Albert Speer to negotiate an armistice. With England out of the war and in occupation, the Reich's last threat is the U.S.

1945
German-Russian affairs are cordial. Soviet lumber, ore, and textiles help fuel the German war effort. Soviet scientists begin developing an atomic bomb based on stolen American and German data. Hitler announces the Deportation Act. Any British citizen wishing to leave occupied Britain may leave. German scientists create three atomic bombs (using Soviet uranium) and threaten the United States.

1946
Truman negotiates an armistice with the Reich. The U.S. is in a state of national shame. Many Russian-Americans and American communists defect to the Soviet Union. Stalin creates project Sturgeon, a research program for atomic warfare and adavanced bombers.

1950-1952
The Korean War between North and South Korea. With no U.S. intervention, and a Soviet-backed North, the war is over in two short years.

1954
Stalin dies. Many of his projects are continued by Nikita Krushchev. A gigantic funeral prossesion is held in Moscow. Nazi Germany is expieriencing a booming decade. There is a high demand for German cars and manufactured goods overseas.

1959


A communist revolution in Cuba puts Fidel Castro into power. The CIA begins covert operations in an attempt to overthrow the communist government.

1962
Cuba has nuclear weapons installed on behalf of the Soviet Union. Castro begins building up Cuban industry.

1959-1962
Once again, a war between pro- and anti-communists takes place in South-East Asia. The United States recedes into isolationism once again, but the CIA sends small amounts of money and matieriel to South Vietnam. The Soviet Union directly intervenes by sending 60,000 troops to aid the North.

1979-1981
The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. By the end of the Soviet-Afghan War, half of Afghanistan if held by the Soviet Union.

1983
Charlie Wilson dies of a drug overdose, and Operation Cyclone dies with him. The Mujhadeen have little U.S. support, and are quickly overtaken by Soviet forces. Afghanistan is entirely occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union in October. Premier Artyom Chzov, the first Soviet official born after the civil war takes over. Drawing on Stalin's stratagies during the Second World War, Chzov imposes massive agricultral and industrial reforms. the Cold War between the Reich and the Soviet Union heats up once again.

1984
Chancellor Karl Schultheiss holds talks with Soviet Premier Chzov. Schultheiss attempts to work out trade agreements and possible diarmament, but Chzov is determined to keep Soviet nuclear dominance.

1988
Protests in Vichi France result in a brief civil war. Schultheiss sends no Whermacht troops to contain the situation. Chzov sends covert agents to agitate a communist revolution, but the democratic Republic of France is formed.

1989
Increases in rioting and a deep recession call for emergency meetings in Washington. The U.S. takes out massive loans with the Reich and Soviet Union.

1991
The chaos is at its height in the U.S. President George H. W. Bush instead of negotiating with the militias decides to give states there independence starting with California, Nebraska and Texas. Meanwhile Iraq invades Kuwait the Soviet Union launches operation Kuwait Freedom, which leads to the Persian Gulf War, the Soviets successfully defend Kuwait.

1992
With the United States entirely dissolved into several nations spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Washington D.C. is able to convince Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virgina to unite and form the new Coalition of Washington. Canada had entered civil war and the nation is divided between the Ontario Protectorate which contains Ontario and Manitoba, the république de Québec which contains all provinces east of Ontario, and Alberta which is made up of the provinces west of Manitoba, the Northwestern and Yukon territories became the allied territories.

1993
Alaska for a year becomes a nation but quickly finds itself in massive debt and a extremely poor economy. For the first time there is a auction for the nation, The U.S.S.R. bids the highest and forms the Alaskan S.S.R.

1995
California improves foreign relations to Mexico by making the Baja purchase and buys both Baja California's. The 85,000,000 purchase helps improve Mexico's economy. The Central American Socialist rebellions begin, when communist rebel movements begin.

1998
West Floridan soldiers are caught at the border of Florida both sides claim a sort of unbelievable story, Florida says that they where spies (even though they had no spy training), West Florida claims that they where having war games and the soldiers wandered off (although the base the soldiers where from a base that had no war games going on). Either way it was the spark igniting a "War of the Florida's".

1999
As the Socialist rebellions in Central America end the nations decide to protect themselves from another rebellion by reforming the Federal Republic of Central America.

2000
The kingdom of West Florida defeats Florida, now many nations are feared and angry at West Florida for committing genocide by slaughtering 100,000 Floridians, not just soldiers but innocent victims. Texas elects President George W. Bush son of the last president of the United States, who is regraded as the worlds worst politician. Appalachia and Dixieland enters a shattering civil war with the same enemy a faction made up of Ku Klux Klan members and other white supremacy groups.

2001
September 11th terrorist from Afghanistan attack the Ostankino tower, Moscow International Business Centre, and Saint Basil's Cathedral. The Soviet leads a coalition force into Afghanistan in order to exterminate the Afghan threat.

2003
U.S.S.R. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev orders the controversial Iraq War claiming "Iraq was harboring terrorists and weapons of mass destruction", there where no found weapons of mass destruction, and world reaction was negative to say the least.

2004
Utah shoots down a Californian military chopper, when asked for there reason Utah King Willard Mitt Romney the first claims "I was simply trying to protect my nation from a threat". A few months later a recording is found from which King Romney accuses California as being "a godless liberal nation" California invades and declares war on Utah.

2006
California Successfully defeats Utah. The Soviet Union is suffering much doubt in the Iraq War many are calling for the government to remove Gorbachev from his position, in response Gorbachev says "anyone who makes these comments will be imprisoned for no more than 5 years," many comments are made but no arrests.

2007
California is able to make it to Appalachia and Dixieland for support, and defeat the white supremacy separatists. Navajo Nation, and Colorado, declare war on Utah and Arixo after revealing knowledge of hidden nuclear missile silos. Ron Paul is elected president of Texas.

2008
Mikhail Gorbachev and Ivan Silayev are assassinated when a bomb explodes in there hotel. The new chosen successor is an unknown but soon to be popular leader known as Vladimir Putin. Putins many actions would make him a very famous and well known leader. Barack Obama is elected the Industrial States of Americas new president, and is considered to be the best leader in North America.