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.

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

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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, 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 "here" the world public 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 in the whole Cold War. Colonel Petrov has 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. 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 conflicte and wars in large parts of the world thus often devastating all carefully achieved 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, mankind's extinction seems to finally have been 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, new dangers are emanating once more all around the globe, threatening most of what has been achieved within the quarter of a century...

Live Content
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October 12, 2009, 7:53pm GMT: Hawaiian Congress votes to recolonize Bonin Islands: The Congress of  passed an ambitious bill Monday morning for the creation of a new colony in the Ogasawara Island Group, also known as the Bonin Islands. The entire population of the  formerly ese islands was evacuated to Hawaii in 1993, where they have remained ever since as a distinct refugee community. The Ogasawara Bill, if signed by the Governor and assented to by the King, will set aside money for a settlement on the main island of Chichi Jima, and will authorize Hawaii's Marine Militia to facilitate the project and patrol the islands. The government of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand has not yet responded to the bill.

October 10, 2009, 10:30pm GMT: Greece declares war on Sicily: SKYROS - At midnight, Saturday October 10th local time, an emergency meeting was convened of the different delegates of the new Confederation of Greece. At 12:30 the Confederation of Greece declared war on Siciliy, giving it 24 hours to apologize and meet the earlier demands given to it, to which they did not respond. The Atlantic Defense Community and its member states were alerted.

October 10, 2009, 7:33pm GMT: Sicily behind attack on Greco-Libyan ship:  Men from a Sicilian ship attempted to board a Greco-Libyan oil-freighter. The Greeks, Egyptians, and Libyans on the freighter (with 2 casualties) were able to fend off the attack, killing 3 and capturing 2. The other four men were able to flee back to their own vessel. Originally the crew believed them to be pirates, until the flag of Sicily was seen hanging from their stern. The oil-tanker was able to sail to the Greek-mandate of Cyrenaica, and the government in Skyros was radioed, alerted to the violence.

October 9, 2009: Canada First Party routs Liberals in Canadian Election: The election three days ago has yielded a victory for the Canada First Party and their leader Walter Natynczyk. Natynczyk has stated that he will militarise Canada in response to their current war with Saguenay.

20:34, October 8, 2009 (UTC): High Level Talks begin between Andorra and the Iberian Union: Pascal Benoit, Vice-Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Iberian Union approached the government of  with offers of peace and spheres of influence. M. Benoit was well received and will be returning to Zaragosa with the replies of the Prince and other leaders.

October 6, 2009, 4:40pm GMT : Canadian Election Today: An election is being held today in Canada. Vying for the post of Prime Minister are current PM and Liberal Jacques Ducharme, Progressive Conservative Rodney MacDonald, and Canada Firster Walter Natynczyk. The mostly Liberal representatives from the occupied Gaspe peninsula will keep their seats.

October 6, 2009, 6:35am GMT: Samoan Elections to be held as planned:  Chief of State Tupua announced in an evening radio address that elections for Samoa's Senate and Chief of State, scheduled for November 21, will be held as planned despite the massive disruption caused by last week's tsunami.

October 3, 2009, 10:00pm GMT: Death toll rises in as rescuers continue working:   The number of the dead passed the 200 mark as Commonwealth relief workers continued to administer humanitarian aid and begin cleanup in Samoa. Commonwealth military personnel arrived October 1 on the frigate ANZS Kaitiaki at the request of Chief of State Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese. Acting head of the Catholic Church Archbishop Oscar Scheid continued to lead prayers for Samoa today. The disaster has prompted a number of leaders to step up calls to the League of Nations to move resources into the International Red Cross, which is currently a branch of the LoN that has an office and a director but no workers on the ground.

September 29, 2009: Earthquake hits Samoa, generates tsunami:  A tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific has killed at least 14 people and injured 50 in, a state belonging to ANZC. Dr Lemalu Fiu of the main hospital in the capital, Apia, said the number of casualties is expected to rise as the injured arrive from coastal areas. An 8.3-magnitude quake struck at 1748 GMT, generating 1.57m (5.1ft) waves in Apia and Pago Pago. The wave is expected to be "much smaller" than the 2004 Asian tsunami which killed about 190,000 people. A Pacific tsunami warning was issued, but it has now been cancelled.

September 28, 2009: Involvement with Raiders Angers Aroostook: Reports that the / alliance is working with members of the  to move soldiers and materials from Superior to Saguenay, touches off a storm of protests in. A member of the Aroostook Town Meeting, mentioning his nation's long history of dealing with raiders, was quoted as saying "I cannot believe civilized nations would knowingly work with such criminals." The protesters are demanding that Aroostook cut all contact with those nations and throw its support behind. Counter-protests by ethnic Frech-Canadians have been held, but one reporter noticed that they are small in number as the actions of Superior and Saguenay have proved controversial even in that community.

September 26, 2009: 26th anniversary of "Doomsday" remembered: Citizens world over morn over the 26th anniversary of the start of the nuclear war that killed billions worldwide. Despite the fact that it has been more than a quarter century since the disaster happened the event is still deeply imprinted on humanity. A special event was planed to commemorate the day, as well as the end of the organizations first year of existence. However current events in and  have postponed it to a later date.

September 25, 2009: ADC Authorizes European Expeditionary Force: The European members of the  announced that they will be sending an expeditionary force to help   in defending its territory. The has agreed to provide the bulk of the troops of the EEF, with the other members making smaller contributions.

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