A World On Fire: Collaborative Timeline

POD: Sino-Soviet War in the late 1960s.

Let's do this. :cool:

September 11, 1969: With a view to easing the tense military confrontation between China and the Soviet Union, Premier Zhou Enlai met A.N. Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR at Beijing Airport and discussed with him the urgent questions in Sino-Soviet relations, especially the boundary question. What these men said is lost to history, but it's effects are felt to this day.

September 16, 1969: Chinese Communist troops move back into Xinjiang, making (bloody) contact with the Soviet occupiers in Tielieketi.

September 31, 1969: The Soviet Union formally declares war upon the People's Republic of China.

Feel free to fill in the blanks, people. I'm not a scholar of history but I think this would be fun. The POD I have in mind is that the 9/11 meeting between the Soviets and Chinese goes negatively and things spiral into a full scale Sino-Soviet War. Like I said, fill in the blanks with what you think would cause this, or we could even just move forward into the war and what we think would happen.
 
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October 7, 1969: Soviet troops counter-attack in Xinjiang, massacring Chinese troops. They also move into Zhenbao island, utilizing significant bombing to remove Chinese opposition.

October 15, 1969: The Battle of Belogorsk begins (and lasts 36 hours) as Chinese troops invade Soviet territory. Casualties are massive for both sides.

October 31, 1969: The Apollo 12 launch is indefinitely delayed in response to potential Sino-Soviet nuclear missile launches.
 
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