====== The Land of Sad Songs ======

A [[protect and survive spinoffs|spinoff]] of **//[[timelines:Protect and Survive]]//**, written by [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]. It is set in his native [[Finland]] and chronicles how the little country coped with both the coming and aftermath of The Exchange in the cold winter months of [[late 20th century|early 1984]], and beyond. Many of the main chapters are prefaced by aptly chosen songs from various Finnish bands and singers, old and new. In addition to these, the chapters often include glimpses into the future of this ATL Finland (during the late 2000s) - the framing device being that historians and archivists are interviewing various survivors of the 1984 war and collecting their oral histories about that era. 

You can read the timeline [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=216825|here]]. Alternatively, read it chapter by chapter via the chapter guide available below.

As of September 2014, the timeline has reached full completion. 

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==== Chapters ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5193034|Intro]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5193065|I. Diplomatic Manouvres in the Dark]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5193627|II. The National Interest]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5199922|III. Last Christmas]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5201549|IV. As The World Limps to Its Grave]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5205018|V. It Rains Acid and Missiles]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5206301|VI. Provisions]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5210227|VII. The Land Ahead]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5214204|VIII. Before the Storm]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5217177|IX. Life Support]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5225266|X. The Shadow of a Darkening Sky]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5246974|XI. The Eleventh Hour]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5329252|XII. We All Die Soon]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5339186|XIII. You Loved, Precious Land]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5350843|XIV. Driving A Blue Car]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5513811|XV. Ice Cold]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5525911|XVI. The Powers That Will Be]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5555561|XVII. Flight Risk, Part 1]]** (crossover [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5567334|with]] [[offtopic:Chipperback]]'s **//[[The Land of Flatwater]]//** P & S spinoff)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5570844|XVII. Flight Risk, Part 2]]** (crossover [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5567334|with]] [[offtopic:Chipperback]]'s **//[[The Land of Flatwater]]//** P & S spinoff)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5558593|XVIII. Silent Roads]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5562373|XIX: In A Hole]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5618538|XX. The Municipal Response]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5637911|XXI. The Dark and the Light]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5652464|XXII. On the Way to the North]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5886083|XXIII. Godforsaken]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5930245|XXIV. The Fairytale Land]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5931208|XXV. Return of Politics]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5947971|XXVI. A Keeper of the Scrolls]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6246169|XXVII. On a Way to a Lifeless World]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6255785|XXVIII. So Desolate and Dark is the Winter Night, Part I]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6298701|XXIX. So Desolate and Dark is the Winter Night, Part II]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6502299|XXX. The Weight of the World]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6518410|XXXI. Heroes of the Reconstruction]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6619779|XXXII. On the Western Front]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6624607|XXXIII. Here Among the Fallen]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6672195|XXXIV. The Days of the Raven]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7051848|XXXV. The Ships White As Snow]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7080077|XXXVI. Keeping the Peace]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7212573|XXXVII. The Men Without a Future]]**

**https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7255064|XXXVIII. a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Doctor]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7444781|XXXVIII. b Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7700246|XXXIX. An excerpt from the private diary of GET, a Junior Researcher with the Minne 1984 Project]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7725303|XL. Homesick and Tired, Part I]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7762762|XLI. Homesick and Tired, Part II]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8295155|XLII. The Lights Over the Southeast, Part I]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8302457|Second excerpt from the private diary of GET, a Junior Researcher with the Minne 1984 Project]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8303131|XLII. The Lights Over the Southeast, Part II]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8307342|Third excerpt from the private diary of GET, a Junior Researcher with the Minne 1984 Project]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8370510|XLIV. Open Wounds]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8381323|An excerpt from the private diary of Jan Holmén, Minne 1984 Project Secretary]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8434049|XLV. Barren Soil]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8554952|XLVI. Sidetracked]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8557970|XLVII. A Road Forward]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8612148|An excerpt from the private diary of Jan Holmén, Minne 1984 Project Secretary]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8638417|XLVIII. Cruel Summer]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8669181|XLIX. Lifeboats]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8750640|L: Matters of Faith, Part 1]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8961046|LI. Documents]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8981869|LII: Matters of Faith, Part 2]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8993681|Epilogue]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9074190|Epilogue, Part I: The Kingdom of Beggars]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9104809|Epilogue, Part II: Animals]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9205710|Epilogue, Part III: Winter Games (1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9230135|Epilogue, Part IV: Winter Games (2)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9253073|Epilogue, Part V: Snow]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9316193|Epilogue, Part VI: To Stand Against the Dark (1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9336728|Epilogue, Part VII: The Fields of Glory]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9357378|Epilogue, Part VIII: To Stand Against the Dark (2)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9591711|Epilogue, Part IX: The Popular Demand]]** 

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9603600|Epilogue, Part X: The Backroads of History (1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9603972|Epilogue, Part XI: The Backroads of History (2)]]**

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==== TL-related media and trivia ====

Besides various images and data appearing in the main chapters, here's some additional interesting stuff provided by [[offtopic:DrakonFin]] and other members of the board.

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5250438|A rough list of the most probable ICBM targets on early 80s Finnish territory]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jukra]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5225276|A map of Finland showing all major nuclear blasts that occur in the TL]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Jukra]] (and Finnish fans of //Twillight 2000//, apparently)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5526640|Photo of Finnish newscaster Arvi Lind reporting on the first nuclear blasts in Finland]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6676228|Addendum I. The Visual Evidence, Vol. I]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8663730|Addendum I. The Visual Evidence, Vol. II]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8600309|Addendum II. Finland in June 1984]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]] (includes map of post-WWIII Finland)

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8631982|Addendum III. The Face of Continuity]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9205333|Addendum IV. Welcome To Switzerland !]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9210333|Addendum V. The Face of the Enemy]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9365096|Addendum VI. "Heaven Help Us Sailors"]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-9570169|Addendum VII. The Eternal Vigil]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUh9uh0qsk4|OTL footage from the early 80s of the Finnish Army field service in Mikkeli]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:DrakonFin]]

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10265553|Addendum VIII. Dead by X-Mas (Part One)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10274392|Addendum VIII. Dead by X-Mas (Part Two)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10294693|Addendum VIII. Dead by X-Mas (Part Three)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10294823|Addendum VIII. Dead by X-Mas (Part Four)]]**

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