1962: First Strike

Failed Negotiations

 * October 28: Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union collapse after Khrushchev, fearing loss of support in the Soviet Union turns down Kennedy's offer for removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba and American missiles from Turkey.
 * October 29: President Kennedy, his entire cabinet,congress,the senate and the joint chiefs are evacuated from the greater D.C area in order to preserve government in case of a nuclear attack.

October 30

 * October 30 11:14-11:47 AM: Cuban radar mistake U.S aircraft moving south from Florida and U.S naval movements as a prelude to an attack to take out Cuba's retaliatory strike capabilities. Fidel Castro, knowing he has only one launch ready nuclear missile and believing there to still be U.S military leaders in Washington orders a first strike on the United States with the lone nuclear missile.


 * October 30 11:52-11:56 AM: President Kennedy is alerted that the Cuban's have launched a Soviet nuclear missile at the U.S. He immediately orders two missiles (one targeted at Havana,Cuba one targeted at Moscow,Soviet Union) to be launched on his command.


 * October 30 12:02-12:07 PM: The Cuban missile explodes in downtown Washington D.C with the force triple that of the Hiroshima bomb, instantly obliterating most of the city including the Pentagon,the White House and the Capitol Building and killing 98,000 people within 30 seconds. Two minutes later President Kennedy is alerted and orders the launching of both missiles immediately. Within two hours 375,000 die from the blast or its resulting implications.


 * October 30 12:09-12:38 PM: Khrushchev is informed of what has happened and immediately orders Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces to capture West Berlin. He also orders Soviet bombers to begin commencing air raids on U.S cities and orders the Soviet navy out to sea. One minute later one of the American missiles explodes in Havana killing thousands including Fidel Castro. Six minutes after that the second missile explodes in Moscow reducing the entire city to ruins and killing Khrushchev.


 * October 30 1:37 PM: NATO aircraft begin engaging Soviet aircraft over Western Europe. Several Soviet bombers are shot down.


 * October 30 2:12 PM: U.S aircraft begin pounding the Cuban military. Within hours the Cuban Air Force is destroyed and the Navy is rendered useless.


 * October 30 2:36-3:14 PM: With a war raging across the world and the survival of his nation at stake president Kennedy fails to make contact with Khrushchev's sucsessor. Meanwhile in Berlin house to house conflict erupts between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. Soviet Bombers begin reaching their targets in the continental United States. Fighting at sea also becomes intensely fought.


 * October 30 3:07-3:19 PM: Bombs begin falling all over the continental United States and Canada, tens of thousands of civilians are killed or wounded. 70% of Soviet bombers are shot down as they enter or leave American airspace. Similar events occur in Europe,the Middle East,East Asia, the Soviet Union,Central America and Australia. At 3:15 PM a Soviet 2 megaton bomb reaches it's target at Strategic Air Command in Omaha,Nebraska. The blast kills 114,000.


 * October 30 4:01-4:37 PM: Soviet Missiles strike Communist China in a preemptive strike to stop a possible Chinese invasion of the Soviet homeland. Beijing along with several Chinese military bases are completely incinerated.


 * October 30 4:52 PM: Thirteen American missiles are launched from their bases in Turkey at targets in the Soviet Union.


 * October 30 5:07 PM: All missiles reach their targets and effectively destroy several key Soviet command centers and air bases.


 * October 30 5:37 PM: NATO headquarters in Belgium is struck by a Soviet missile and is completely destroyed.


 * October 30 6:26 PM: Ground fighting breaks out between PLA and Red Army forces on the Soviet-Chinese border. Huge casualties are suffered on both sides. The Chinese have larger numbers but the Soviets have aerial supremacy.


 * October 30 6:48 PM: Khrushchev's succsessor orders the launching of 6 additional missiles at Key Chinese military sites. He also authorizes the use of tactical nuclear weapons on Chinese forces.


 * October 30 7:00 PM: Chairman Mao is killed when a Soviet missile destroys his bunker.


 * October 30 7:13 PM: U.S special forces and regular army units begin securing vital oil supplies throughout Saudi Arabia.


 * October 30 7:30-8:30 PM: Seeing global chaos as their opportunity to strike, Egypt,Syria and Jordan begin invading Israel. Farther East, India and Pakistan begin engaging in armed heavy conflict. In South East Asia insurgency's begin to go out of control. In the United States President Kennedy declares martial law while in Europe full scale war breaks out as Warsaw Pact forces begin invading Western Europe.


 * October 30 8:47 PM: Several airfields in Western Europe begin launching nuclear armed bombers towards the Soviet Union.


 * October 30 9:17-9:32 PM: Soviet paratroopers begin landing in Alaska. These units immediately begin destroying gas pipelines and attack U.S air force bases,missile facilities and radar and communications installations.


 * October 30 10:21 PM: Combat in Alaska escalates to full battles heavy combat occurs outside Anchorage. Civilian casualties begin to rise.


 * October 30 10:48-11:31 PM: London and Paris suffer heavy conventional bombing. In the Middle East Israeli aircraft successfully destroy hundreds of their Egyptian and Syrian counter parts. U.S and Soviet clashes in Saudi Arabia and Alaska escalate further.


 * October 30 11:50-12:30: Japan suffers heavy bombing from both Chinese and Soviet aircraft. Tokyo,Kyoto and Yokohama are hit particularly hard. Casualties are in the thousands. Attempts by Chinese aircraft to destroy the U.S base at Okinawa disastrously fail. The U.S retaliates by destroying Chinese airbases on the mainland.

October 31

 * October 31 12:47-1:36 AM: Soviet and Warsaw Pact armored forces supported by aircraft begin blitzing west Germany and Finland. NATO defenses begin reacting rapidly to halt the advance. By 1:15 AM West Berlin has been fully occupied by East German forces.


 * October 31 1:50-2:13 AM: Aircraft from the U.S.S Enterprise intercept Soviet aircraft attempting to destroy the U.S base at Pearl Harbor.


 * October 31 3:00-3:36 AM: Nuclear armed Soviet bombers successfully destroy several air bases in Western Europe using tactical nuclear weapons. Upon hearing of this British,French and American leaders send more missiles towards the Soviet Union's advancing armies. In the Middle East Egyptian,Jordanian and Syrian armies are thwarted. Farther east India and Pakistan continue to fight vigorously. In Alaska Soviet paratroopers begin to suffer huge losses after additional American forces show up. Attempts by the Soviet Union to reinforce their own troops in Alaska fail as their transport aircraft are shot down while entering American airspace.


 * October 31 3:44 AM: The missiles launched by NATO detonate at medium altitude above the advancing forces of the Warsaw Pact. Though the blasts cause only light casualties they seriously damage communications among the advancing battle groups and disorganize their forces. The battle groups wait two hours before advancing.
 * October 31 4:02 AM: Despite being at war, a power struggle breaks out between rival Chinese leaders to determine the next chairman of the Communist party.


 * October 31 4:32-5:01 AM: U.S troops begin engaging Soviet forces in West Germany by attacking at the best opportunity. Soviet forces suffer great casualties and lose valuable equipment. After almost 30 minutes of combat the American's fall back behind their defensive lines.


 * October 31 5:23-7:14 AM: Furious Soviet commanders send their men forward in a massive push. By sheer force their tanks break through NATO defensive lines. Facing defeat NATO forces move into a massive retreat. As NATO forces run they are miraculously saved by Italian, French, British and American aircraft that cause enough Soviet casualties to stop the advance. Soviet commanders, believing that their enemies must not be allowed to escape (but not knowing the exact location of the enemy due to damaged communications) order tactical nuclear strikes across a large area. When the weapons are dropped they detonate and inaccurately destroy huge swaths of land killing thousands of both NATO and Warsaw Pact forces as well as civilians. With little contact with their commanders both NATO and Warsaw Pact forces halt their movements.


 * October 31 7:29-8:01 AM: American paratroopers begin landing in Cuba and meet fierce resistance from the Cuban military. Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and Che Guerva go into hiding and to command the resistance.


 * October 31 8:22-9:06 AM: Soviet forces in Alaska refuse to surrender and begin a second round of fighting. Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia several key oil reserves are destroyed by both Soviet and American forces. The war between Israel and it's neighbors meets a turning point as Israel captures the Golan Heights and beats back the Jordanian army and Egyptian tank units. In China the war with the Soviet Union spreads into Mongolia with Chinese forces moving against the capital city of Ulan Bator. As the war escalates the Soviets drop an atomic bomb on Shanghai. In India the war with Pakistan becomes indecisive.


 * October 31 9:24-10:23 AM: American troops begin sailing into Cuba, and the country begins to lose strength though still furiously fighting against American troops. Massive Egyptian forces begin to attack Israel, and set up trenches far into Israeli land.  Meanwhile, Soviets begin forcefully pushing their way through Alaska.  French and British troops begin liberating West Germany.


 * October 31 10:41-11:59 AM: Cuban and American troops slaughter each other at the battle of Matanzas. American ships begin to be torpedoed, but they are slightly winning the ground battle.  French troops capture Wiesbaden from the Soviets.  Britain comes in from the North and attacks large cities such as Bremen and Hamburg.  The Germans are granted permission from NATO countries to begin building their own Anti-Soviet army.  Soviets are ambushed from the back of their offensive and when another fire bomb is launched, they are forced to submit.  Egyptians move farther into Israel just in time to dig trenches before massive Greek reinforcements arrive.


 * October 31 12:07-12:42 PM: President Kennedy meets with the Joint Chiefs at a top secret location to discuss the war. With U.S forces beginning to gain the advantage Kennedy and his generals debate whether to negotiate peace with the Soviets or to continue to fight. After twenty minutes of debating they unanimously agree to continue to fight the Soviets.


 * October 31 1:00-6:00 PM: Over the course of the afternoon mass rioting occurs in Latin America. The governments of Mexico and Argentina declare martial law and bring their countries to war on the side of NATO while Nicaragua,Bolivia and Ecuador join the war on the side of the Soviets. In Cuba, U.S troops continue moving inland and take several key strongholds after suffering heavy casualties. In Europe NATO forces continue to push Soviet forces back hundreds of miles. At 4:01 PM a spat of nuclear exchanges occur after the Red Army uses nuclear weapons in China and via submarine on the U.S city of Philadelphia.