1983: Doomsday

PORTAL PAGE FOR THE 1983: Doomsday ATL

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, *here* Colonel Stanislav Petrov was watch officer on duty at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow, which was 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 the world public 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 in fact been honoured as one of the few true "world saviours" and several documentaries prove the dangerousity of this event.

This Timeline postulates the results of 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 nuclear soviet 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 detonate at targets worldwide, though 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 would have been 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.

This Timeline currently covers the nearly 25 years after the event -quickly named as the biblical "Doomsday"- from the direct aftermath up to the present day.

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. With this 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 suprising- 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 skrimishes and wars in large parts of the world thus often crushing all recovery.

But as some surviving and/or 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, human extinction seems to be finally avoided.

Now, nearly 25 years after Doomsday bringing mankind at the edge of total extinction, the planned foundation of a revived "League of Nations" on September 26th 2008- awakens a glance of hope for a possibly more peaceful future for mankind...

WCRB NewsHour- the latest World Headlines
'''+++URGENT+++URGENT+++November 26th, 8:35am GMT:The LoN-Sicily talks have been suspended as Sicilian Presidente Giacomo Bertolucci in his first television speech ever threatens to counter any direct military aggression with recently aquired "secret" weapons. All neighbouring states have announced maximum security levels for all military forces and closed all borders to Sicicly terrtories as the "secret" might comprehend nuclear devices.'''

'''+++November 25: 15.29 Dublin Meantime: The Atlantic Defense Community meets in emergancy sessions, giving formal consideration to appeals from the Alpine Confederation for aid and military assistance. Commanders would seem to be recommending full military support by land and sea for the Alpine Confederation. The Atlantic Defense Community raises its levels of security to ALPHA its highest level since DD and suspends all military leave.'''

'''+++November 25: 11.02am Dublin Meantime: LofNations Formally opens The Leauges Medical Wing named the Medical Command (MD)in Galway Celtic Alliance. Based on the UN World Health Organisation (WHO)but concentrating on Medical assistance to those most in need the Medical Command (MD) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the LofN's system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing the impact of Doomsday on emerging health trends.'''

++++November 17th, 6:35am GMT: The tensions in the Mediterranean reach a new height as Sicily emmissary is immediately being recalled by the Sicily Government and negotiations are suspended.

'++++November 15th, 3:35pm GMT: Unconfirmed reports of amassing Sicily troops near Tirolean border further increase tensions in the Alpine Region. The Alpine Confederation recalls its emissary to Sicily immediately'

'++++November 12th, 7:30am GMT: LoN High Council declares military sanctions against Sicily including no harbour admittance to its ships in all LoN member states. Decision is made unison'

+++November 12th, 4:58am: lON SecGen is heading to Pt. Said suez Channel military base intending to meet Sicilian emmissary Gianluca Mastroiani for diplomatic talks to end the crisis+++

+++November 11th, 4:34pm GMT: LoN Sec Gen calls for an immediate High council Session to deal with the tensions in the Mediterranean

Recent additions

 *  We hit the 4000 visits landmark (most visited pages) Thank you everyone for your continous WCRB contributions and all of you who visit the 1983:Doomsday ATL... Keeps motivation high, thank you !! --Xi&#39;Reney 23:02, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * New Profile for the Mediterranean Sicily Republic (1983: Doomsday)


 * New Profile:Alpine Confederation (1983: Doomsday )


 * WCRB's military history office has prepared a detailed report on the famous Gathering Order of 1984.


 * Surviving providences now re-integrated into there strong surviving nation: Canada [[Image:CanadasFlag.png|30px]]


 * Independent, neutral, and proud host of the League of Nations: the Kingdom of Tonga[[Image:Flag of Tonga.png|30px]]


 * New League of Nations member: Papua New Guinea[[Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea OTL.svg|30px]]


 * New summary of our organization for gathering world knowledge, the WCRB


 * Newly formed nation: East Caribbean Federation[[Image:631px-Flag of West Indies svg.png|30px]]


 * Contact established with the isolated nation: Soviet Socialist Siberia [[Image:Siberia flag.png|30px]]


 * The still-disputed Falkland Islands


 * New multilateral organisation: Atlantic Defense Community

!!!!NON - ENGLISH - NEWS!!!


 * Die Deutsche Version "1983: Tag des jüngsten Gerichts" findet sich hier

Featured Content
featured articles of this ATL which have been ranked in "highest voted" list of Wikia


 * [[Image:Logo of the Nordic Union.png|30px]] Nordic Union
 * [[Image:HawaiiFlagOTL.PNG|30px]] Free State of Hawaii

Specials
Thematical content


 * History of the United States of America


 * History of Antarctica new

Principal Content
''the general timeline of this ATL, providing the background and the timeline from 1983 up to the present day"
 * Timeline

to profiles of surviving nations, territories and other self - governing bodies, sorted by contintent.
 * World Country Profiles

the legitimate successor organization to the United Nations, the foundation of the League of Nations will be held on September 26th, 2008 in memorial of 25 years after 1983 Doomsday.
 * [[Image:Flag_New_League_of_Nations(1983_Doomsday).png|40px]]   League of Nations

A detailed report of the Sept 26, 1983 event including casualties, major destroyed targets, regularly updated by the WCRB Statistic Agency
 * WCRB - Permanent Doomsday Report


 * NGO's

Geopolitical background, Alliances, Cooperations, Rivalries
 * Geopolitics

background regarding economical topics
 * Economy, Commerce, Traffic and Logistics

Extras: Images, Statistics, Figures etc.
diverse maps displaying the situation from 1983-2008
 * Maps

''gallery of the flags as defined by August 2008"
 * Flags

The WCRB Media Archive - documentations, footage, Citations
 * WCRB Media Archive

collection of information regarding important persons, divided in fictional, non-fictional
 * People

languages spoken in the world before Doomsday, immediately after and in 2008, political, commercial and cultural languages
 * Languages

collection of external material relevant and linked to the theme of this ATL (links, images, quotations etc. --> just opened so migh be a bit empty
 * Externals


 * world Capitals

Remarks / Editorial notes
'+++++If anyone wants to add content but due to any problems with English is hesitating please feel free to contribute as well. Translations/Cleanups into English should be possible when looking the languages spoken in the WCRB++++' ''This ATL is being maintained and coordinated by the different worldwide branches of the WCRB - World Census and Reclamation Burau:

WCRB Anonymous Founder and Director Emeritus: 70.150.208.34

WCRB World Operations Headquarters - WCRB WOHC, Auckland, Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand Xi'Reney

WCRB CPC - WCRB Central Pacific Command, Hilo (Hawaii) Benkarnell

WCRB CCSA - WCRB Comando Central de Sudamerica, Argentina Fero

WCRB NUC - WCRB Northern Union Command, Reykjavik Realismadder

WCRB CAC - Celtic Alliance Command, Galway Mjdoch

WCRB CoCo - Comando de Colombia, Bogotá User:Chlewey

WCRB Siberian Office, Sovetskaya Gavan User:ShutUpNavi

Research & Report INstitutions:

WCRB MHI - WCRB Military History Institute, User:JBAltHist

WCRB ISHV - WCRB International School for Heraldry & Vexillology, Arawa, Soloville :) User:$jurimo§

Disclaimer 1:

''This ATL basically is an open timeline. So feel free to insert, add and edit. Nonetheless new edits will be reviewed/harmonized to keep everything logical. Please do not n o t insert aliens, magic or too supernatural elements - as this ATL is quite fictional on its own ^^. ''

Disclaimer 2:

''This ATL is intended to be a "current" or "Parallel" - ATL where everything happens within the same time frame like OTL. So please try to avoid Future History.''

Disclaimer 3:

''This ATL evolved from a short TL written by 70.150.208.34 and the concurrent adoption by me and later the WCRB. With DD constantly growing It proved ideal to let the regional/national details be worked out by users specialized for the history of those regions. The results can be seen in the brilliant articles contained in this ATL. So please respect the work for national details already been done and dont be sad/angry if some regions are not yet sufficiently described.''

Disclaimer 4:

Because of the excellent regional articles (Hawaii, Celtic Alliance, Nordic Union etc.) and to honour the large amount of work done for those articles each registered user taking care of a special region will be awarded a WCRB identity/command post/character if he wants to:)!!

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