Timeline (Republican Century)

Right now, I am not sure on the specific dates, but this are the general points in the timeline. Sometime in the future I will revise these into events with accurate dates, along with other information

President Dewey 1949-1953

 * Dixiecrats separate from the Democratic party, forming the State’s Rights Party
 * Dewey sends US troops into China to aid the Nationalist Chinese regime. The war is expanded further when North Korean and PLA soldiers invade South Korea
 * Communist forces are pushed back to a line along the Yangtze River, while North Korea is occupied by UN forces. Indian and Nationalist Chinese forces occupy Tibet and eject the PLA.

President Eisenhower 1953-1965

 * War in China
 * Peace is signed on May 23rd, 1953
 * North “Communist” China and South “Nationalist” China are divided along the Yangtze River to the edge of Tibet.
 * Korea is united under the South Korean government as the “Republic of Korea”
 * Tibet is an independent nation, with its borders recognized by the signatories, and military guaranties from both the Republic of China and India. ( the People’s Republic of China has refused to recognize this statement, and continues to regard Tibet as a province )
 * There are to be no nuclear weapons deployed in the People’s Republic of China or the Republic of China, nor can either nation develop them on their own.
 * The largest armed border in the world develops as North and South China, build fortifications along the banks of the Yangtze River. The Republic of China, though declaring its capital to still be Nanking, moves its administrative functions to Guangzhou
 * Vietnam War
 * Eisenhower allows for financial aid to French forces in Indochina, along with material weapons, but refuses to send in soldiers
 * After the French withdrawal in 1958, Eisenhower orders 10,000 marines and many military advisors in assistance of the Saigon government in Vietnam.
 * By 1964, over 450,000 soldiers are positioned to initiate an invasion of North Vietnam from South China and South Vietnam.
 * Negotiated a 99-year lease to build a military base near Baon. The increased US presence in Asia following the China War is attributed to Eisenhower’s decision to pursue it.
 * Nixon (Eisenhower had been incapacitated at the time) launches the planned invasion of Cuba.
 * Castro is overthrown, despite protests from the USSR. A Pro-US government is installed after a 7-month pacification campaign against the Communist insurgency.
 * Gradual Détente with the USSR until the U-2 incident and the invasion of Cuba, after which tensions begin to rise
 * NASA
 * Alan Sheperd is the first man in space after a successful launch in October of 1960
 * Senator Kennedy proposes and ambitious plan to land men on the moon before the end of the decade. Eisenhower is initially skeptical, but decides to support it.
 * NASA’s budget jumps to about $6 billion
 * A crisis results when the USSR begins to construct bases in North China, within Manchuria and Sikiang. The United States in response increases its presence in South China and Korea, while also building bases in Iran
 * Suez Crisis
 * President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal company
 * British, French, and Israeli forces invade Egypt and occupy the Suez Canal and the Sinai peninsula
 * The USSR threatens to become militarily involved if France, Britain, and Israel do not withdraw from Egypt.
 * Eisenhower pushes for the withdrawal
 * Egypt is allowed to remain in control of the Canal as foreign soldiers withdraw

President Nixon (1961)-1965-1972

 * Vietnam War
 * Nixon orders a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam, which is completed within 5 months of taking office
 * A full-handover is made to the Republic of Vietnam by 1971
 * NASA
 * Apollo program continues with Apollo 11 landing. Though Buzz Aldrin is the first man to step upon the moon’s surface, Neil Armstrong is the first to speak from it “bold”(“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.”)”bold/”
 * Senator John Kennedy, along with Thomas Paine, propose a second stimulus to NASA, including funds to construct a lunar base, a space station, and manned missions to both Venus and Mars. Despite Nixon’s objections, Congress overwhelmingly supports the initiative.
 * Détente between the Soviet Union and the United States
 * Negotiated treaties that included test bans, minimizing of nuclear stockpiles, etc.
 * Nixon had planned to visit the People’s Republic of China on July 30th 1972
 * Was assassinated on April 14th by Arthur Bremer while campaigning for reelection in San Francisco, California

President Lodge 1972-1977

 * NASA
 * Construction of the Lunar Facility begins with Apollo 22
 * Aphrodite 1, the manned fly-by of Venus, launches on October 31st, 1973. It return on December 1st, 1974
 * Construction of Skylab begins
 * Troop levels are frozen in Vietnam at 40,000. The communist movement in both Laos and Cambodia collapse as the Viet Cong loses strength.
 * Nicaraguan Missile Crisis occurs (1974)
 * Soviet Army lands in San Juan del Sur in disguised cargo tankers. In cooperation with the Sandinistas, the Somoza regime is overthrown. (May 2nd-3rd)
 * Long-range nuclear missiles capable of hitting Seattle and Boston are deployed (June 6th)
 * US Spy-craft discover the deployment (June 15th)
 * President Lodge order the military to DEFCON 3 (June 16th)
 * Lodge, in a radio address to the nation, announces the Soviet deployment in Nicaragua, and demands that the missiles be withdrawn. The Soviet Union denies that any such missiles have been deployed. (June 17th)
 * US naval vessels blockade both of Nicaragua’s coasts, and 300,000 soldiers are deployed to Honduras and Costa Rica. 450,000 reservists are also called to arms (late 19th-20th June)
 * The Soviet Union continues to deny that nuclear weapons have been deployed in Nicaragua. Before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, the United States shows photographs taken by spy-craft, proving the deployment. Not much can be done, however, since the USSR has veto power (June 24th)
 * Lodge orders the military to DEFCON 2 (June 26th)
 * “Soviet’s blink” – General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev asks to meet with President Lodge (June 27th)
 * The Treaty of Managua is signed (July 2nd)
 * USSR will pull its nuclear weapons and troops out of Nicaragua
 * US promises not to intervene in Nicaragua
 * The United States also secretly agrees to pull out its nuclear weapons from Iran and Turkey
 * Panama Canal Dispute
 * Panama increases calls for the return of the Panama Canal. However, President Lodge and other conservatives, like Ronald Reagan, maintain the canal is American.

President Kennedy 1977-1981

 * Space History
 * Aphrodite 2 is launched
 * Kennedy gets Congress to pass a massive bill, involving a manned mission to Mars, exploration of the Asteroid Belt, and expansion of the Von Braun Lunar Base
 * USSR fails in a manned mission to the moon when the main booster detonates shortly after liftoff. This is kept secret until a successful attempt in 1980.
 * Iranian Revolution
 * Shah is assassinated while at the hospital in Tehran
 * Khomeini Ayatollah becomes the new leader after the revolutions success.
 * American Embassy is occupied after the Battle of Tehran
 * Iran demands the withdrawal of US military personnel from Iranian territory
 * President Kennedy authorizes Operation “Eagle Claw”/ it fails as several Helicopters are shot down by surface-to-air missiles outside Tehran. However, most of the Commandos are able to retreat to the American zone.
 * Iran increases the demands to the end of all military support of Israel, and the unfreezing of all Iranian assets
 * Iran releases the hostages on Dec 12th 1980, after the United States agrees to pull-out of Iran, while also unfreezing its national assets
 * Soviet forces move into Afghanistan in support of the communist government in Kabul. President Kennedy increases shipments to the insurgency, but since this is not public, Kennedy’s support drops.

President Reagan 1981-1989

 * Space History
 * Aphrodite program is discontinued after the 3rd launch, in favor of the Ceres program.
 * Ares 1, the first manned mission to Mars, is launched
 * Ceres 1 is launched in 1983
 * It is to journey to the asteroid belt and collect samples; it returns in 1986
 * Ceres 2 is launched in 1988, to investigate the asteroid “Ceres”
 * Space Telescope “Galileo” is launched
 * The Soviets succeed in establishing a relatively stable government by 1983, with it being annexed as an SSR of the Soviet Union.
 * Iran-Iraq War
 * Saddam Hussein invades Iran, with the covert support of the United States and the Soviet Union.
 * Lines stabilize along the border by 1982 as the Iraqis are pushed back
 * Fearing an Iraqi collapse, Soviet Premier Konstantin Chenenko meets with President Reagan. He suggests a joint invasion of Iran is the best way to end the threat posed by the Islamic Radicalism coming from Tehran. Reagan states that he cannot provide troops for the invasion, but they will turn a blind-eye to a Soviet invasion, and will deploy naval forces to the Persian Gulf.
 * Soviet Armed forces move in and occupy about a 1/3rd of Iran by 1984; Iraqi and Syrian troops have taken control of Khuzestan
 * Partisan warfare against the Soviet army peaks in 1986; Iran rejects the annexations of Khuzestan by Iraq, and Azerbaijani lands in Northern Iran by the USSR
 * The Treaty of Tabriz is signed
 * Soviet Armed forces pull out of Iran
 * Khuzestan is independent, with a referendum on its status in 1988; it would later vote to join Iraq in an election that is considered to have been highly fraudulent.
 * Following the conflict, Iran begins to fund Radical Islamic movements throughout the Soviet Union and the Middle East, much to the chagrin of the Superpowers.

President George H. W. Bush 1989-1997

 * US military presence established in Somalia after a UN police action is agreed to by the Security Council
 * 120,000 soldiers are deployed by 1992
 * By 1995, a working democracy is established, and a 5,000 man base is maintained in Mogadishu
 * In a meeting with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, both he and President Bush declare the Cold War over
 * Persian Gulf War
 * Israeli attempt to destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor is averted by the Iraqi Air Force
 * Iraq tests its first nuclear weapon in 1993; both the USSR and the United States demand that Iraq disarm and end their nuclear program; Saddam rebuffs their demands.
 * 1,200,000 soldiers from over 80 countries invade Iraq
 * Iraq is occupied by early 1994; Soviet Union is forced to withdraw due to its dissolution/ later replaced by Russian forces
 * Insurgency flares up as Shiite militants armed by Iran begin attacking Coalition forces; Sunnis fight in support of the Baathists.
 * Kurd begin to demand their independence
 * Kurdistan is made an autonomous region within the Turkish and Iraqi governments. Syria and Iran refuse to cooperate on the arrangement
 * Dissolution of the Soviet Union
 * USSR is forced to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1993 as Islamic insurgency intensifies. Similar insurgencies begin to appear in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.
 * By 1994, the separatism has reached a peak. Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan had already left and formed Islamic Republics. By late 1994, the Soviet Union had completely dissolved among its SSRs
 * Russia is forced to conduct a massive pacification campaign in the Caucus and in Central Asia against Islamic insurgents.

President George W. Bush 1997-Current

 * Persian Gulf War
 * Iraq is stable by the end of 1998, with a working democracy
 * A 25,000 man station is maintained at bases in Basra, Baghdad, and Mosul
 * September -11th Attacks (2001)
 * Islamic Radicals attack Moscow on foot, while hijacked jet aircraft hit the Kremlin and Saint Basil’s Cathedral. Cyanide gas is also released throughout the Metro System. President Bush is briefed, and security is put on alert.
 * Islamic Radicals attack Washington D.C. on foot, occupying portions of the District. Vice President Cheney is shot and killed while being escorted out of the White House. Hijacked aircraft also hit the World Trade Centers in New York and the Pentagon. A fourth aircraft crashed in Pennsylvania after it was shot down by the Air Force.
 * War on Terror
 * On September 27th President George Bush and President Alexander Lebed of the Russian Federation met in to declare the War on Terror. Plans are drawn up for the joint invasions of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan
 * In November of 2001, UN forces move in and occupy Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. However, Osama Bin Laden, one of the perpetrators for the 9/11 attacks, escapes into Waziristan. Pakistan refuses the UN troops access to the region.
 * In a speech before Congress in early 2002, President Bush declares that Pakistan, Iran, and North China are members of an “Axis of Evil”.
 * After the invasion of Iran, the new democratic governments in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan largely stabilized. Insurgencies still exist, however.
 * Invasion of Iran
 * In June of 2004, it is found that Iran had been secretly conducting a nuclear program. Though the information was ambiguous on whether it was for military or peaceful purposes, the Iranian connections to the terrorist organizations involved in the 9/11 attacks made the case.
 * The United Nations Security Council approves policing action against Iran, after diplomatic measures fail
 * In August of 2004, UN forces move into Iran from all directions. The nation, despite having been fully mobilized, is completely overwhelmed.
 * A massive insurgency develops when members of the Basij retreat into the mountains where extra weapons have been stored.
 * The insurgency has quieted, but remains a threat. The new Iranian army has taken over many of the functions otherwise worked by the Coalition
 * The People’s Republic of China was found to have initiated a nuclear program, only after their first detonation in 2007. The situation almost resulted in an invasion by South China and Korea, and currently talks have stalled over disarming the nuclear weapons.