Hammer's, Sickle's, and Mushroom Clouds. the Story of the Reverse Cold War
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Oh, and Nancy Reagan's name is Anne Robbins. Just pointing it outI strongly disrecommend Helen Keller and Golda Meir doesn't work, she's Russian, we need an American. How about Anne Robinson, aka Nancy Reagan?
BTW, can I decide what Ayn Rand will do? I have something special in mind for her...
Cool. I don't want you to give up too much right now, since you're barely past the TTL Korean War, but will Reagan be a conservative or a communist?
No, I don't want to spoil too much, but I will say Reagan will show up later on. I will not devulge his importance.
And as I said before, that Venezulan War will become important here very soon.
WHen was/is the next update planned? Might Venezuela become TTLs Vietnam? And what on earth is going on in Chile? Chile would also be a good Vietnam analogue!
Also mind Peru, or do you have other plans for it? Red Inca/ Inca Rosos (TTLs Khmer Rouge) in Ecuador or Peru could be a thrilling idea!
Also mind Peru, or do you have other plans for it? Red Inca/ Inca Rosos (TTLs Khmer Rouge) in Ecuador or Peru could be a thrilling idea!
Ill try to get the next update up soon, just having trouble decide if the next update should take us to the 60's or split it up into a two updates before the 60's.
At Bolded, Possibly...............
In Chile? it's crazy in Chile.
Please don't split it up! Take us into at least the late fifties, if not the sixties! NO SPLITTING!
So the next chapter, the rest of 1953 to January 1st, 1960? It's just that, I don't want this to end too soon, seeing as we've gotten to 1953 seemingly so quickly already.
Please do this! However, I do not want to seem "dictatorial" or "demanding", but I would very much like to know what happens in the rest of the fifties!
What about the Miracle economique in North France, and maybe the Miracle of Brussels (or Liège?) in World Cup 1954 in Belgium?
It would be good to see what Rene Coty is doing in North France.
Alright, the next chapter will be the rest of the 50's then.
Possibly, I will probaly touch upon sports events throughout the series. through, speaking of Sports, I should've done this awhile ago, but here's the list of Olympic Venues ITTL (the POD being 01)
1896 Olympics: Athens, Greece
1898 Olympics: London, England, United Kingdom (considered unoffical)
1900 Olympics: Athens, Greece
1904 Olympics: St. Louis, Missouri
1908 Olympics: London, England, United Kingdom
1912 Olympics: Stockholm, Sweden
1916 Olympics: Scheduled for Paris, France [1]*
1920 Olympics: Warsaw, Poland
1924 Olympics: Budapest, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire [2]*
1928 Olympics: Copenhagen, Denmark
1932 Olympics: Washington, DC, United States of America
1936 Olympics: Paris, France
1940 Olympics: Scheduled for Rome, Italy [3]*
1944 Olympics: Scheduled for Konigsburg, German Empire [3]*
1948 Olympics: Schduled for Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [4]*
1952 Olympics: Konigsburg, German Empire
[1] Cancelled due to World War I
[2] Orignally Scheduled for London, England. moved to Budapest after 1923 British Union of Fascists coup'd etat
[3] Cancelled due to World War II
[4] Cancelled due to lack of funds
"I May have Fought for the Revolution, but most of all, I fought for America Comrades, I fought for America, to make her great, I did succeed, but no man can live forever.
Tell Alexandria I love her, now will you. Comrades?"
Orman Rovelle Brussells last words, October 16th, 1959
Chapter 14: July 27th, 1953-January 1st, 1960
Cold War
Just a Jolly Good Ole Time
Orman Rovelle Brussells last words, October 16th, 1959
Chapter 14: July 27th, 1953-January 1st, 1960
Cold War
Just a Jolly Good Ole Time
The End of the Italian War brought many questions to the new shattered European landscape. the now split Italian penisula raised questionable fears on both sides, the horrific war that had just taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers brought nothing more then death, as
the Havana Pact and EATU moved forward into the rest of the 1950's.
the Havana Pact and EATU moved forward into the rest of the 1950's.
President Zhukov sitting in the Kremlin being debrieved on the Japanese situation, circa 1958
Politics in the Post Italian War era would grow more tenuous then ever as the geopolitics of the Cold War continued to consume the lives of all nations exsisting together on the Planet Earth, this was most evident in Russia, beginging in Late 1954. Russian Senator Nikolai Vanchevsky began to provoke a Red Scare within the Russian Republic. within months, panic fell all across the Russian Republic, as average citizens began to become afraid of a "iminent" Communist invasion and Communistization of Russia by the UASR, Thousands of Innocent People would be arrested every single week on the suspiscion of being Communists, and traitors to Russia, while many of them were not Communists at all. Vanchevskyism launched wide scale paranoia and panic as the Red Scare flared up through the months of 1954 and 1955, engulfing Russia from Belarus to Sakahlin, caused a large period of turmoil and unrest within the Russian Republic. the Red Scare gave Russian President Zhukov a tough time as the Scare intensified throughout Russia and her neighbors. President Zhukov was able to quell the Red Scare, and Zhukov's immense popularity earned him a easy re-election in 1956. despite concerns of age. meanwhile politics in other parts of Europe changed as well. the aging Adolf Hitler resigned as German Chancellor in 1954 citing old age, elections where held imidiantly, where Kurt Adenaur won, beating General Manstein in the 1954 Elections,
A New Wave of Scandinavism hit the Nordic nations, this resulted in the Nordic Community being formed on January 17th, 1956, with the Treaty of Oslo's signing, a common trade policy, and currency was formed between Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Finland. through talks of full federalization have been made, and is being discussed. no ground towards that has been established yet.
A New Wave of Scandinavism hit the Nordic nations, this resulted in the Nordic Community being formed on January 17th, 1956, with the Treaty of Oslo's signing, a common trade policy, and currency was formed between Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Finland. through talks of full federalization have been made, and is being discussed. no ground towards that has been established yet.
The King of Poland, Oskar I, also died during the year 1955, his son (Oskar II) succeding him. and, the UASR launched the first ever satelite into space in 1958, known as "Apricot", this piqued the Russian public's interest about Space, and would set the stage for many events of the 1960's.
A Standoff between the Reichspolizei and Teen Demonstrators in Downtown Berlin, Circa 1957
the 1950's would also be marked as the beginging of the Breaking of Standard Cultural Norms standard for the last several centuries, as the "Cultural Backlash" was launched across the world, originating in Russia, where the rise of popularity of Rock n Roll Music, as it came to be dubbed, and singers such as the "King of Rock n Roll" Yuri Kravchenko[1], and Angelika Howitzer began to cause cultural backlash first all across Eastern Europe, eventually even spreading to the Havana Pact nations. Teens began to break the standards of there parents, this cultimated in Fashion becoming risqueier. with much more skin being shown then ever, the 1950's saw the rise of the Atoma, a two pieced bathing suit which covers only the Breast and Crotch areas of the Female Body. [2] and the Hemmed Skirt, which goes about 5.5 km above the Knee. shorter then Skirts which were the norm before then [3], as the younger generation sought to break from there parents conservative attitudes and shape society in there own way. The younger generation also began to experiment with various other things, these including various "Anti-Thetamines" and most of all, Sexuality. experimenting with "freer sex", that is, sex unrestricted by the rules of society, that sex is a institution for marriage, homosexual activity also began to see a spike, as the Cultural Revolution sought to challenge the rules of society, and thus many young people began experimenting with same sex relations to backlash against society.
Venezulan Refugees pouring into British Guyana, Circa 1958
Meanwhile, The Allied Occupation of Bulgaria would end on September 1st, 1953, Bulgaria regained it's soverignty as the "Republic of Bulgaria" that day. preliminary elections elected a the Alliance for Bulgaria, however the AoB entered into a coalition with the Communists as a compromise, the Coaliton between the Communists and the Alliance for Bulgaria. the Coalition was tenuous at best. it attempted to govern Bulgaria together, until the Coaliton began to collapse in 1957 in upon itself, as the bickering between the Communists and Alliance reached a breaking point, cultimating in the break out the Bulgarian Civil War in late 1958. the Communists began shelling Sofia with weapons received from Greece and Yugoslavia, the Bulgarian Civil War soon would turn into a blood bath of a proxy war between the Havana Pact and EATU, That would drag on into the new decade itself, meanwhile the conflict in Venezula ended temporarily when a Council of Nations sponsered Ceasefire temporarily ceased hostilities in the Venezulan Civil War in 1957, however 2 back and forth years of peace negotiatons broke down in 1959 when the Communists declared there "independence" from the Nationalist Venezula goverment, and then began claims to be the rightful government of Venezula, and thus, Venezula de facto became two seperate countries locked in a deep War between each other, around this time Moscow began heavily increasing aid to the "North Venezulans" (Nationalists) including sending military advisors, arms, equipment, medical supplies and other items. the Venezulan conflict soon spread to Columbia and Ecuador, as the People's Republic of Brazil, which became a heavy backer of South Venezula, instigated revolts in Columbia and Ecuador, some in Moscow wondered if direct military intervention would soon be nessacary, but the issue was put on the back burner for now, because of the more pressing issue. and that was......
Japan.....
The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito
The Empire of Japan was one of the world's premier powers at the end of World War II, Controlling a vast and modern Empire on par with that of the European empires, having conquered most of East Asia. it was very impressive, as Japan in less then 100 years had went from a backwards isolationist Asian state to one of the world's most industrialist, premier powers. and one of the greatest Empires the world has ever seen, however a combination of the prolongated War in China, and overextension had begun to take a toll on Tokyo's ambittions, the fact was Japan had prologated a propoganda of Asia for Asians, a Greater East Asian Co Prosperity Sphere to create prosperity for Asians, however this was all a cover for Japan's true interests, wealth, and expansion. this did not sit well with the conquered people's of the Empire, unrest began in earnest, through all throughout the 1950's, Japan's grip on her Empire slowly weakend each day. as Nationalist rebels such as the Viet Minh, the Fillipino People's Front, and the Indonesian National Front (supported by Britain) began to undermine Japanese activities and her extensive Empire, outright full on rebellion soon began in 1953 and 1954, as a series of wars known collectivily as the "Second Japanese Civil War" or the "East Asian War" began. the Imperial Japanese Army attempted to keep down the rebels throughout the Japanese Empire, however the overextension of the IJA assests and the general cockyness of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy soon began to a toll, as the rebels began to receive foreign backing, Japan began to fall even faster. The Communist Party of Japan began to gain popularity, as the war to preserve the Empire began to become more unpopular as Japan began to lose faster. the years of 1956, 1957 and 1958 began to take a toll, as the rebels in Indonesia, West Papua, the former German New Guinea, Indochina and the Philippines began to even gain more ground, supported by outside powers. Japan had managed to hold a grip onto Korea, Manchukuo and South Sakhalin up to this point, however the iminent security of Japan began to threaten Russia, who launched a Operation in Late 1959 to seize South Sakalin from Japan. and began drawing plans to invade Manchukuo and Korea. to seize them before the UASR could, meanwhile in Japan, it slowly became clear the war would soon be lost. the Communist Party had begun controlling much of Japan proper, as the Imperial government soon began to lose a complete grip on everything, considerations began to be made about what to do next within the Imperial Court in Tokyo.
However, the end of the decade would be marked by the end of a era, and the beginging of a new one. on October 16th, 1959, The Premier of the Union of American Socialist Republics, Orman Rovelle Brussells, began suffering heart pains while doing work in the Red House. the pain got worse throughout the day, until at 2:23 PM, the Premier collapsed and suffered a Heart Attack, losing consicisnous, the Medical Staff's attempt to revive him succeded only briefly, he regained consicisnous, and realizing the nature of his own mortality, uttered his last words
"I May have Fought for the Revolution, but most of all, I fought for America Comrades, I fought for America, to make her great, I did succeed, but no man can live forever.
Tell Alexandria I love her, now will you. Comrades?"
The Premier lost Consisnous, attempts to revive him again would fail.
At 2:28 PM, October 16th, 1959, Orman Rovelle Brussells.
Was dead............
[1] Russian Elvis
[2] As the Bikini was named after Bikini Atoll in OTL, The Atoma is TTL's version of the Bikini, named after the Atomic Bomb.
[3] Alternate terminology for Mini Skirt.
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Map as the world enters yet another new decade, the Turbulent 1960's.
Changes:
-Autonomy granted to Tangangniyaka and Togoland (Elevated to Dominion like status) as the German "Federation of Nations" is formed
-Japanese stuff
-Venezula
-Columbia
-Ecuador
-Bulgaria
-More British Dominions
-Independence of several West African states
Changes:
-Autonomy granted to Tangangniyaka and Togoland (Elevated to Dominion like status) as the German "Federation of Nations" is formed
-Japanese stuff
-Venezula
-Columbia
-Ecuador
-Bulgaria
-More British Dominions
-Independence of several West African states
- Status