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====== Protect and Survive ======

A TL focusing mainly on the British Isles, but with several glimpses into other parts of the world as well. The PoD is an massive international crisis erupting in 1983, reaching its bitter climax in February 1984, when tensions between NATO and the Warsaw Pact finally escalate. Stuff happens...

The TL was inspired by the eponymous British survival program devised during the Cold War and by several famous British docudramas dealing with the bleak prospect of a world after an all-out nuclear war (e.g. //The War Game//, //Threads//, //When the Wind Blows//).

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=164027|Protect and Survive]]** is one of the best TLs to come out in 2010. Focusing on realism and the depths of darkness, AH.com member [[offtopic:Macragge1]] has created a truly unique and interesting world. The timeline was started on 21st of August 2010 and was finished on the 17th of January 2013.

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==== Reception ====

A [[http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com/2012/03/showcase-protect-and-survive.html|review]] of the timeline was featured on the [[offtopic:Alternate History Weekly Update]] blog. 

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==== Chapters ====

Arranged in chronological order. Interesting bit of trivia: The names of the first 16 main chapters (the ones written in Roman numerals) reference the chapter names from the handbooks and PSA videos of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive|Protect and Survive program]] that lent the TL its name.

**[[http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4676/pandsbigdone.jpg|Title Card]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3540620|I: Nuclear Explosions Explained]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3542962|II: The Warnings]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3552035|III: What To Do When The Warnings Sound]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3567836|IV: Choosing a Fallout Room]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3583037|V: Fire Precautions]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3597547|VI: Casualties]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3643445|VII: Food Consumption]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3656279|Intermission: CHANTICLEER 01.03.1984 Telex Report]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3657264|Intermission: CHANTICLEER 05.03.1984 Telex Report]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3663210|VIII: The Importance of Your Radio]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3676322|Operation Prospero, Part 1]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3679069|IX - Sanitation]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3693400|Operation Prospero, Part 2]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3702369|X: Stay at Home]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3705039|Operation Prospero, Part 3]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3714263|XI: Life Under Fall-Out Conditions]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3723018|Operation Prospero, Part 4]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3725771|XII: Make Your Fallout Room and Refuge Now]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3737528|Operation Prospero, Part 5]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3747754|XIII: Refuges]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3782971|Operation Prospero, Part 6]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3797761|XIV: Materials To Use For Your Fallout Room And Refuge]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3817347|Operation Prospero, Part 7]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3827488|XV: Water and Food]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3887738|Operation Prospero, Part 8]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3904902|XVI: Twenty Four Hours]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3972012|Operation Prospero, Part 9]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4008809|XVII: Blue Monday]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4039580|Intermission: American Defence Orders Retrospective]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4069884|Operation Prospero, Part 10]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4225555|XVIII: Suffer Little Children]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4288923|The Blues No. 1]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4347055|XIX: Jumping Someone Else's Train]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4356283|Intermission: Impressions in German]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4446862|The Blues No. 2]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4602179|XX: Silent Hedges]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4719988|Intermission: Food for Thought]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4796537|XXI: Ghost Town]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4958200|XXII: The Killing Moon]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5115247|XXIII: The Breathing]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5173666|Intermission: 48.156007, 10.524902]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5278502|XXIV: To Cut A Long Story Short]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5540208|Intermission: Regicide]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5547289|Intermission: Thankfully, Not Living in Yorkshire, It Doesn't Apply]]** (guest-written by [[offtopic:The Vulture]])

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5984178|XXV: London Calling]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7170877|XXVI: Epilogue]]**

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==== Spinoffs ====

//Protect and Survive// has received a remarkable amount of spinoff stories by other AH.com authors, something quite rare for AH.com timelines. 

You can find them all **[[timelines:protect_and_survive_spinoffs|in this list]]**.

If you're interested, you can also visit **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214970|When the Wind Blew : The P&S Open Thread]]** and discuss the original timeline and its steadily growing [[protect and survive universe|"expanded universe"]] of spinoffs. 

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==== Timeline Overview ====

A **[[protect and survive universe chronological timeline|chronological overview]]** of all the known events occuring in the //**Protect and Survive**// universe. Information is drawn from all canon timelines that are part of the shared universe, i.e. the main timeline and all its official spinoffs.

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==== In AH.com Fiction ====

The TL has its own fictional movie trailer [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4484586|written by Macragge1 himself]]. Beware of spoilers.

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==== Soundtrack ====

An impromptu list of music that fits various parts of the timeline, suggested by AH.commers during the course of the TL's run.

**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWVpcypf0w|Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes]]** (main theme and music for the trailer, see above)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1n7CwuWIa4|Electric Bloom - Foals]]** (the international crisis escalates)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=095iyCeJSbs|Kraftwerk - Radioactivity]]** (attacks commence, firestorms and uncontrolled spread of fallout)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv4CuIIspdE|Johann Johannsson - Sun's Gone Dim]]** (Britain lies in ruins, police and firemen are trying their best to put out fires among the immense ruins)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY1m4dvuENc|Indigo Girls - Point Hope]]** (The Exchange ends, radiation sickness of victims and their treatment)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNqfxKtP3M|Tom Petty - The Last DJ]]** (emergency radio broadcasting resuming after The Exchange, with John Peel in one of the bunkers)\\
**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGzD-UKDJwo|ARMA II soundtrack - Cold Wind]]** (Operation Prospero begins, the Handley Page Victor undergoes final preparations and takes off)
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**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0|Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone]]** (epilogue)\\

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==== Bibliography ====

**References**

Campbell, D, War Plan UK: The Truth About Civil Defence In Britain, Burnett Books, London (1982)

Hennessey, P, The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010, Penguin, London (2010)

Brookes, A, Vulcan Units of the Cold War, Osprey Publishing, London (2009)

Windass, S et.al, Avoiding Nuclear War: Common Security as a Strategy for the Defence of the West, Brassey's Defence Publishers, Washington (1985)

Clarke, B, The Illustrated Guide To Armageddon: Britain's Cold War, Amberley, Gloucester (2009)

Gibson, C, Vulcan's Hammer: V-Force Projects and Weapons Since 1945, Hikoki Publications, Manchester (2011)

Jackson, R, Submarines of the World: 300 of the World's Best Submarines, Grange Books, Rochester (2000)

Lucas, J, The Last Days of the Reich, Phoenix, London (2000)

Wood, D, Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook 1984, Jane's Publishing, London (1983)

McCutcheon, C, The Home Office Civil Defence Manual of Basic Training, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London (1950)

Sandbrook, D, State of Emergency: The Way We Were, Britain 1970-1974, Penguin, London (2011)

Turner, A, Rejoice! Rejoice!, Aurum Press Ltd, London (2010)

Fox, S, Struggle for Survival - Governing Britain After the Bomb, Online, (2005)

Hershey, J, Hiroshima, Penguin Modern Classics, London (2002)

Anon, Protect and Survive - How To Make Your Home And Your Family As Safe As Possible Under Nuclear Attack, Home Office, London (1980)

**Recommended Reading**

NB - What follows is a far-from exhaustive list of fictional works that I can consciously attest to having influenced the timeline stylistically; I would recommend each of them to anyone who has enjoyed this timeline, as it is more than likely that they will enjoy these.

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Down To A Sunless Sea - David Graham

On The Beach - Neville Shute

The Death of Grass - John Christopher

The Last Ship - William Brinkley

GB84 - David Peace

Watchmen - Alan Moore

V For Vendetta - Alan Moore

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

The Waste Land - T.S Eliot.

NB - Obviously this bibliography is as much a work-in-progress as the timeline itself.

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==== See Also ====

**[[Protect and Survive spinoffs]]**

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