Please allow me to introduce myself ........
This is my first post on this forum. I started Whiffing ten years ago as a logical explanation to my Airplane profiling (there are lots available in other forums) but I found out that writing stories was inspiring as well.
At the moment I have 3 subject completed and here I start with the first one a different look at the 60s (actually startting from 1955), I hope you will enjoy it.
Generally my alternative histories starts from true events and then some key events change the course of history. The narrative format is Timeline
Regards
Preface
In 1954 the battle of Bien Dien Phu saw the end of the conflicts of WWII (started in Spain in 1936).
The world has seen the rising of three major powers: USA, USSR and China, while the former colonial Powers: France and United Kingdom have lost some of their influence , Germany has been able to keep his role in Europe due to the Leadership of President Rommel and since then has been the major stronghold against Communist attacks in Western Europe.
The major areas of crisis are in South East Asia with conflict in Malaya while in Korea, Indonesia and Viet Nam the situation is still critical. Middle East also is an area of interest with Nasser being the leader of a pan-Arabian vision.
In 1955 Eisenhower is the U.S. President, Krushev is the leader in U.S.S.R., while Rommel is in charge of Germany with the first election scheduled for 1955, also Churchill, another WWII hero, is going to leave the power to Anthony Eden. In France there is a high turnaround of Prime Minister that is creating instability. Mao is the strong leader of Communist’s China.
1955
January
January, 1955: Vietnam War- French advisors begin training the first Lao aviation force. Thailand would supply Sikorsky H-19 helicopters and volunteer pilots to the Lao military. The Thais also train thirty Lao officers in weapons use at Hua Hin, Thailand.
January 2, 1955: Americas- Central America- José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama, is assassinated at a race track in Panama City. The day after José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
January 18-20, 1955: Far East- China- Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
January 22, 1955: Cold War- The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs (InterContinental Ballistic Missiles) armed with nuclear weapons.
January 25, 1955: Cold War- Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941.
January 28, 1955: Far East- China- United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China.
February
February 10, 1955: Far East- China- Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
February 12, 1955: Vietnam War- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam that helps establish the Air Force.
February 18, 1955: Far East- China- Clashes between ROCAF Corsairs and PLAAF Lavochkin La15 ends with 2 losses for the Communists and 4 for the Nationalists.
February 18, 1955: Far East- China- Stalemate between Communists and Nationalists
February 19, 1955: Vietnam War - Southeast Asia Treaty Organization established (SEATO) with France, Australia, Philippine, New Zealand, Pakistan, United Kingdom, USA and Thailand.
March
March 2, 1955: Civil Rights- Claudette Colvin (a fifteen year old African American girl) refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards whilst being kicked and handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station.
March 20, 1955: News- Music & Movies- Evan Hunter's movie adaptation of the novel Blackboard Jungle premieres in the United States, featuring the famous single, Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and His Comets. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to the song.
April
April 1, 1955: Middle East-EOKA starts a revolution against English who occupied Cyprus (taken over from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and a Crown Colony since 1925).
April 5, 1955: Cold War – After a series of light strokes, hidden to the public and Parliament, Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
April 6, 1955: Cold War- Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and called for General Elections.
April 11, 1955: Far East- China- The Taiwanese Kuomintang sabotage the ship Kashmir Princess, killing 16 but failing to assassinate the People's Republic of China leader, Zhou Enlai.
April 17, 1955: Cold War- Hungarian Revolution- Imre Nagy, the communist Premier of Hungary, is ousted for being too moderate, he is replaced by Matias Rakosi.
May
May 7, 1955: Cold War- For the first time democratic elections are held in West Germany and see the triumph of Crhistian Democrats led by Konrad Adenauer.
May 14, 1955: Cold War- Eight Communist Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty in Warsaw, Poland, that is called the Warsaw Pact.
May 15, 1955: Cold War- Austrian State Treaty, which restores Austria's national sovereignty, is concluded between the four occupying powers following World War II and Austria, setting it up as a neutral country.
May 21, 1955: Cold War- Erwin Rommel leaves the power in West Germany and Konrad Adenauer is the new Canchellor after the elections.
May 27, 1955: Cold War- UK General Election, Anthony Eden increases the Conservative majority from seventeen to sixty, a majority which broke a ninety-year record for any UK government.
June
June 2, 1955: Cold War- The Cosmodrome of Baikonur is inaugurated in the USSR.
June 11, 1955: News-Sports- Le Mans disaster: eighty-three people are killed and at least 100 are injured after two race cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.
June 16, 1955: Americas-South America- In Buenos Aires, FAA Airplanes with “Cristo Vence” insignias are part of a Coup against Peron’s Government. In an attack at “Plaza de Mayo” there are 364 deaths and over a thousan wounded. In the following days Peron’s followers burn several Catholic Churches, without victims.
June 18, 1955: Americas-South America- Argentinan President Peron is excommunicated by the Pope.
July
July 7, 1955: Far East- Indonesian Konfrontasi- The New Zealand Special Air Service is formed.
July 27, 1955: Cold War- El Al Flight 402 from Vienna, Austria to Tel Aviv-Yafo via Istanbul is shot down over Bulgaria. All fiftyeight passengers and crewmen aboard the Lockheed Constellation airplane are killed.
July 27, 1955: Vietnam War- South Vietnamese Premier Ngo Dinh Diem announces in a broadcast that South Vietnam would not participate in the elections specified in the Geneva accords. As Saigon's delegation did not sign the Geneva accords, it was not bound by it.
August
August 20 1955: Africa- Algerian War- Hundreds of people are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
September
September 19, 1955: Americas-South America-The President of Argentina, Juan Peron, is ousted in a military coup “La Revolucion Libertadora”.
September 24, 1955: Cold War- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States suffers a coronary thrombosis while on vacation in Denver, Colorado.
September 30, 1955: News- Music & Movies- Actor James Dean is killed when his automobile collides with another car at a highway junction near Cholame, California. Dean is just 24 years old.
October
October 26, 1955: Cold War- After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares its permanent neutrality.
October 27, 1955: Vietnam War- Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam to be an independent republic with himself as its President.
October 29, 1955: Cold War- Soviet battleship Novorossiysk explodes at moorings in Sevastopol Bay, killing 608, the Soviet Union's worst naval disaster.
November
November 5, 1955: Civil Rights- Racial segregation is outlawed on trains and buses in Interstate Commerce in the United States.
November 26, 1955: Middle East- The British Governor proclaims a State of Emergency.
December
December, 1955: Vietnam War- In Laos U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's solution was to establish the Program Evaluations Office (PEO), staffed by American civilians with prior military experience and headed up by retired Brigadier General Rothwell Brown. These civilians are given U.S. State Department status. However, they do not work strictly for the State Department. On military matters, they report to the Commander in Chief Pacific Command, with information supplied to the American ambassador; on non-military matters, they report directly to the ambassador.
December, 1955: Africa- Operation Anvil in Kenya ends. The operation effectively placed Nairobi under military siege, and the occupants are screened and the Mau Mau supporters moved to detention camps.
December 11, 1955: Civil Rights- In Montogomery, Alabama, 42 years old Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man. This event is considered as the start of the Civil Rights Movement
December 14, 1955: Cold War- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.
This is my first post on this forum. I started Whiffing ten years ago as a logical explanation to my Airplane profiling (there are lots available in other forums) but I found out that writing stories was inspiring as well.
At the moment I have 3 subject completed and here I start with the first one a different look at the 60s (actually startting from 1955), I hope you will enjoy it.
Generally my alternative histories starts from true events and then some key events change the course of history. The narrative format is Timeline
Regards
Preface
In 1954 the battle of Bien Dien Phu saw the end of the conflicts of WWII (started in Spain in 1936).
The world has seen the rising of three major powers: USA, USSR and China, while the former colonial Powers: France and United Kingdom have lost some of their influence , Germany has been able to keep his role in Europe due to the Leadership of President Rommel and since then has been the major stronghold against Communist attacks in Western Europe.
The major areas of crisis are in South East Asia with conflict in Malaya while in Korea, Indonesia and Viet Nam the situation is still critical. Middle East also is an area of interest with Nasser being the leader of a pan-Arabian vision.
In 1955 Eisenhower is the U.S. President, Krushev is the leader in U.S.S.R., while Rommel is in charge of Germany with the first election scheduled for 1955, also Churchill, another WWII hero, is going to leave the power to Anthony Eden. In France there is a high turnaround of Prime Minister that is creating instability. Mao is the strong leader of Communist’s China.
1955
January
January, 1955: Vietnam War- French advisors begin training the first Lao aviation force. Thailand would supply Sikorsky H-19 helicopters and volunteer pilots to the Lao military. The Thais also train thirty Lao officers in weapons use at Hua Hin, Thailand.
January 2, 1955: Americas- Central America- José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama, is assassinated at a race track in Panama City. The day after José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
January 18-20, 1955: Far East- China- Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
January 22, 1955: Cold War- The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs (InterContinental Ballistic Missiles) armed with nuclear weapons.
January 25, 1955: Cold War- Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941.
January 28, 1955: Far East- China- United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China.
February
February 10, 1955: Far East- China- Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
February 12, 1955: Vietnam War- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam that helps establish the Air Force.
February 18, 1955: Far East- China- Clashes between ROCAF Corsairs and PLAAF Lavochkin La15 ends with 2 losses for the Communists and 4 for the Nationalists.
February 18, 1955: Far East- China- Stalemate between Communists and Nationalists
February 19, 1955: Vietnam War - Southeast Asia Treaty Organization established (SEATO) with France, Australia, Philippine, New Zealand, Pakistan, United Kingdom, USA and Thailand.
March
March 2, 1955: Civil Rights- Claudette Colvin (a fifteen year old African American girl) refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards whilst being kicked and handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station.
March 20, 1955: News- Music & Movies- Evan Hunter's movie adaptation of the novel Blackboard Jungle premieres in the United States, featuring the famous single, Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and His Comets. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to the song.
April
April 1, 1955: Middle East-EOKA starts a revolution against English who occupied Cyprus (taken over from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 and a Crown Colony since 1925).
April 5, 1955: Cold War – After a series of light strokes, hidden to the public and Parliament, Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
April 6, 1955: Cold War- Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and called for General Elections.
April 11, 1955: Far East- China- The Taiwanese Kuomintang sabotage the ship Kashmir Princess, killing 16 but failing to assassinate the People's Republic of China leader, Zhou Enlai.
April 17, 1955: Cold War- Hungarian Revolution- Imre Nagy, the communist Premier of Hungary, is ousted for being too moderate, he is replaced by Matias Rakosi.
May
May 7, 1955: Cold War- For the first time democratic elections are held in West Germany and see the triumph of Crhistian Democrats led by Konrad Adenauer.
May 14, 1955: Cold War- Eight Communist Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty in Warsaw, Poland, that is called the Warsaw Pact.
May 15, 1955: Cold War- Austrian State Treaty, which restores Austria's national sovereignty, is concluded between the four occupying powers following World War II and Austria, setting it up as a neutral country.
May 21, 1955: Cold War- Erwin Rommel leaves the power in West Germany and Konrad Adenauer is the new Canchellor after the elections.
May 27, 1955: Cold War- UK General Election, Anthony Eden increases the Conservative majority from seventeen to sixty, a majority which broke a ninety-year record for any UK government.
June
June 2, 1955: Cold War- The Cosmodrome of Baikonur is inaugurated in the USSR.
June 11, 1955: News-Sports- Le Mans disaster: eighty-three people are killed and at least 100 are injured after two race cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.
June 16, 1955: Americas-South America- In Buenos Aires, FAA Airplanes with “Cristo Vence” insignias are part of a Coup against Peron’s Government. In an attack at “Plaza de Mayo” there are 364 deaths and over a thousan wounded. In the following days Peron’s followers burn several Catholic Churches, without victims.
June 18, 1955: Americas-South America- Argentinan President Peron is excommunicated by the Pope.
July
July 7, 1955: Far East- Indonesian Konfrontasi- The New Zealand Special Air Service is formed.
July 27, 1955: Cold War- El Al Flight 402 from Vienna, Austria to Tel Aviv-Yafo via Istanbul is shot down over Bulgaria. All fiftyeight passengers and crewmen aboard the Lockheed Constellation airplane are killed.
July 27, 1955: Vietnam War- South Vietnamese Premier Ngo Dinh Diem announces in a broadcast that South Vietnam would not participate in the elections specified in the Geneva accords. As Saigon's delegation did not sign the Geneva accords, it was not bound by it.
August
August 20 1955: Africa- Algerian War- Hundreds of people are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
September
September 19, 1955: Americas-South America-The President of Argentina, Juan Peron, is ousted in a military coup “La Revolucion Libertadora”.
September 24, 1955: Cold War- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States suffers a coronary thrombosis while on vacation in Denver, Colorado.
September 30, 1955: News- Music & Movies- Actor James Dean is killed when his automobile collides with another car at a highway junction near Cholame, California. Dean is just 24 years old.
October
October 26, 1955: Cold War- After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares its permanent neutrality.
October 27, 1955: Vietnam War- Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam to be an independent republic with himself as its President.
October 29, 1955: Cold War- Soviet battleship Novorossiysk explodes at moorings in Sevastopol Bay, killing 608, the Soviet Union's worst naval disaster.
November
November 5, 1955: Civil Rights- Racial segregation is outlawed on trains and buses in Interstate Commerce in the United States.
November 26, 1955: Middle East- The British Governor proclaims a State of Emergency.
December
December, 1955: Vietnam War- In Laos U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's solution was to establish the Program Evaluations Office (PEO), staffed by American civilians with prior military experience and headed up by retired Brigadier General Rothwell Brown. These civilians are given U.S. State Department status. However, they do not work strictly for the State Department. On military matters, they report to the Commander in Chief Pacific Command, with information supplied to the American ambassador; on non-military matters, they report directly to the ambassador.
December, 1955: Africa- Operation Anvil in Kenya ends. The operation effectively placed Nairobi under military siege, and the occupants are screened and the Mau Mau supporters moved to detention camps.
December 11, 1955: Civil Rights- In Montogomery, Alabama, 42 years old Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man. This event is considered as the start of the Civil Rights Movement
December 14, 1955: Cold War- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.