Revolutionary Front

Background and POD
The background of the ARUF vs DARM timeline is the collapse of US influence in Asia due to a rising Soviet threat leads to a series of haphazard alliances in the pacific and Asia being constructed to fill the void the US left. The main Point of Divergence was the withdrawal of the US in the Asia-Pacific in 1967.

Major changes to the Original Timeline:

 * 1965: Lon Nol proclaims the Khmer Republic after ousting the Sihanouk dynasty with US aid. Khmer Republic enters the Vietnam War.
 * 1967: Soviet Union ramps up military pressure on NATO in Eastern Europe forcing the USA to withdraw support from Asian allies of Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Philippines.
 * 1968: Cuba joins the Warsaw Pact; Soviet Union stations submarines in Havana Bay.
 * 1970: Vietnam War ends in a communist victory with Chinese military aid.
 * 1971: Kingdom of Laos is toppled in a series of civil war by the Pathet Lao. Lon Nol's Khmer Republic is crushed by the Khmer National United Front in a six year civil war. Thailand is annexed by the Laotian army.
 * 1972: Pro-Soviet Vietnamese government are overthrown by a pro-Chinese force. China successfully creates the Asian Revolutionary United Front as a rival East Asian Communist bloc to the Warsaw Pact; China allies with Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic People's Republic of Laos and People's Republic of Vietnam.
 * 1973: Japan forges a shaky alliance with Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Philippines to combat the growing ARUF threat; alliance named the Democratic Asian Republican Movement. Turkey leaves NATO; founds the Middle Eastern Coalition.
 * 1974: Australia and New Zealand proclaim the Pacific Defence Pact; India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Myanmar join.
 * 1975: Communist governments seize control in East Africa and South Africa; form the People's Republic of East Africa. Nationalist governments in North Africa form the North African Union. Communist-Nationalists seize control in Central and Western Africa; proclaim the Central West African Union.
 * 1976: Most of Central and Southern America proclaim the South American Union. Northern Mexico joins NATO.

ATL vs OTL

 * Lon Nol seizes control of Cambodia in 1965 rather than the OTL's 1970 resulting in the communist sympathising Sihanouk dynasty being exiled to the Soviet Union. Cambodia declares its support for the US in the Vietnam War.
 * Cuban Missile Crisis now encompasses Europe. US is forced to withdraw military aid in Asia-Pacific.
 * Soviet Union station submarines at Havana.
 * Vietnam War ends in 1970 due to China sending a People's Volunteer Army to support the PAVN.
 * Laos and Cambodia suffer multiple civil wars leading to both the Pathet Lao and Khmer Rouge taking over four years earlier than the OTL.
 * Vietnam accepts China's proposal of an Asian Revolutionary United Front.
 * Laos successfully incorporates Thailand.
 * Japan remilitarises and creates the Democratic Asian Republican Movement with Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines to combat the ARUF.
 * Australia and New Zealand create the Pacific Defence Pact with Indonesia, India and Malaysia.
 * Turkey forms the Middle Eastern Coalition with most Islamic nations.