The Cold War: A Collaborative Timeline

[trekchu]

OOC: Sorry, but I see the events you have outlined for the position of Germany in this and previous posts pretty inplausible. ITTL the Soviet Union has just given up its foothold in Eastern Germany and allowed German unification under Western auspices without even anything like a generic Cold War Crisis? With the full knowledge that its occupation forces in the middle of Germany will be replaced by NATO troops at the Oder in a few years time?

What kind of a Cold War is this, anyway?

Righto. Consider this deleted then. Still, I think Germany would eventually drift towards the West.

 

[trekchu]

July 8th, 1953: The German National Football Team wins the World Cup in a 2:1 final against England.



OOC:

 

[Gosing]

Okay, Stalin, Thatcher, Cohn, Nasser, Sabat, and several other politicians have all died in car crashes. I'm pretty sure everyone will be biking to work now.

IT WAS AN "ACCIDENT"

 

[A.M. Turtle]

July 8th, 1951: Kim Il-sung sends a message to all Korean nationals in communist China to help him build a better Korea. With the collapse of the PRC many will respond to the call. Despite Moscow’s urge of avoiding war Kim Il-sung has become Moscow’s man in Asia with the failure of all other Asian communist leaders.
January 2nd, 1952: Mao Zedong goes missing in Russia and many people point to the KGB though it will never be known what happens to him.
March 24, 1952: Kim Il-sung begins purges within his country.
April 8, 1952: North Korean officers sneak across the border and defect to the South. All tell of preparation of an invasion of the South but both Seoul and Washington ignore this as harmless since 1950 Kim Il-sung has talked of uniting Korean peninsula by force is needed but taken no real action.
March 1st, 1954: North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel on the South Korean holiday of Independence Day. North Korean forces cut through South Korean defenses and merely token force of American forces.*
March 2nd 1954: Truman declares he will not allow another Poland and send more American forces to Korea from Japan. Moscow is quiet to all attempts of being told to reign much to the West’s frustration. Atomic threats are sent to Pyongyang to stop the advance in Korea by Washington. Moscow responds by saying if North Korea is attacked with nuclear weapons the Warsaw pact will retaliate.**
March 3rd 1954: Doomsday clock set to 5 minutes to midnight.
March 8th 1954: Seoul falls after heavy fighting within the city itself. The northern half of South Korea is under North occupation.
*I am under the impression without a war and lack of funding to fight American forces will be in an even worse shape than in start of OTL Korean War.
**Yes the first nuclear stand-off

 

[Penelope]

July 8th, 1953: The German National Football Team wins the World Cup in a 2:1 final against England.



OOC:

OOC: I already put in the WC results buddy.

 

[trekchu]

OOC: I already put in the WC results buddy.

OOC: Where?

 

[trekchu]

OOC: Hold on, IIRC yours is for the 49 Cup. Mine is for the 53 Cup. Once every four years, or has that been changed?

 

[Penelope]

October 21st - November 19th, 1951: The First NSL Championship is held. The Roanoke Industry wins the cup, beating the Chicago Mafia 3-2. The Atlantic Crusaders come in third, and the Portland Pirates come in fourth.


October 21st - November 19th, 1952: The 1952 NSL Championship is held. The Portland Pirates win their first cup title after a hard fought game against the Roanoke Industry, winning 2-1. The Chicago Mafia comes in third, and the Kansas City Cherokee come in fourth.

June 8th - July 7th, 1953: The 1953 World Cup is held in Austria, the first to follow the new odd numbered years pattern. West Germany comes in first, and Austria comes in second. The hard fought battle, which resulted in a 4-3 final, would result in a rivalry between the two nations for the next decade.

October 21st - November 19th, 1953: The 1953 NSL Championship is held. The Portland Pirates win their second cup title after a hard fought game against the Chicago Mafia, winning 2-0. The Roanoke Industry comes in third, and the Denver Peaks come in fourth.

October 21st - November 19th, 1954: The 1954 NSL Championship is held. The Roanoke Industry win their second cup title after a drama-filled battle against the Denver Peaks, winning 4-3. The Atlantic Crusaders come in third, and the Boston Union comes in fourth. The Pirates are nowhere to be seen.

September 19th, 1954: President Truman suffers a debilitating stroke which forces him to resign due to his incapacitation. Everett Dirksen becomes President.

Right here. But you can help me with the NSL Championships. Go ahead and make the 55, 56, 57, 58, and 59 championships.

The list of teams:

Bold are really good teams, italics is fairly good.

1. New York Yanks
2. Roanoke Industry
3. Detroit Autos
4. St. Louis Atomics
5. Houston Fighters
6. Honolulu Sailors
7. Los Angeles Angels
8. Boston Union
9. Portland Pirates
10. Kansas City Cherokee
11. Denver Peaks
12. Chicago Mafia
13. Atlantic Crusaders (Atlantic City)
14. Minneapolis Gunners

 

[trekchu]

We won anyway, no reason to complain then. Ignore my post then.

 

[Francisco Cojuanco]

April 1957: In response to the Pravda bombings, Russian deployments in Poland increase, and mass along the German border.

May 1, 1957: The United States begins supplying Germany with heavy weaponry and advisors in event of Soviet invasion.

June 21, 1957: The Soviet Premier demands that weapons shipments to Germany be canceled. To enforce this, the Soviet Navy blocks the German North Sea and Baltic coasts.

 

[trekchu]

April 18th, 1953: In the United Kingdom former Naval Intelligence Officer releases the first James Bond Novel "Moonraker" which will eventually spawn 30 more novels and a highly successful film series. Later that same day Ian Fleming vovs to stop smoking after hearing that a good friend died of Lung Cancer.

 

[Mr_ Bondoc]

July 8th, 1951: Kim Il-sung sends a message to all Korean nationals in communist China to help him build a better Korea. With the collapse of the PRC many will respond to the call. Despite Moscow’s urge of avoiding war Kim Il-sung has become Moscow’s man in Asia with the failure of all other Asian communist leaders.
January 2nd, 1952: Mao Zedong goes missing in Russia and many people point to the KGB though it will never be known what happens to him.
March 24, 1952: Kim Il-sung begins purges within his country.
April 8, 1952: North Korean officers sneak across the border and defect to the South. All tell of preparation of an invasion of the South but both Seoul and Washington ignore this as harmless since 1950 Kim Il-sung has talked of uniting Korean peninsula by force is needed but taken no real action.
March 1st, 1954: North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel on the South Korean holiday of Independence Day. North Korean forces cut through South Korean defenses and merely token force of American forces.*
March 2nd 1954: Truman declares he will not allow another Poland and send more American forces to Korea from Japan. Moscow is quiet to all attempts of being told to reign much to the West’s frustration. Atomic threats are sent to Pyongyang to stop the advance in Korea by Washington. Moscow responds by saying if North Korea is attacked with nuclear weapons the Warsaw pact will retaliate.**
March 3rd 1954: Doomsday clock set to 5 minutes to midnight.
March 8th 1954: Seoul falls after heavy fighting within the city itself. The northern half of South Korea is under North occupation.
*I am under the impression without a war and lack of funding to fight American forces will be in an even worse shape than in start of OTL Korean War.
**Yes the first nuclear stand-off

Well, here is where things get weird:

May 1st, 1954: Liberation of Seoul; Sun Myung Moon announces the liberation of Seoul, after launching a massive guerilla offensive...

April 20th, 1955: Sun Myung Moon sparks controvery after telling reporters that America has become a "den of iniquity" because of "its efforts to accommodate minorities."

November 2nd, 1955: Sun Myung Moon announces the formation of 30 "Unification" centers across South Korea, sparking international attention and concern...

October 9th, 1957: Divine Principle by Young Oon Kim is published, serving as a nationalist manifesto by the government of Sun Myung Moon....

 

[Plumber]

December 11, 1946 - Tibet joins the United Nations. Misunderstanding UN procedure, China boycotts the vote, thinking it will make Tibet unable to join.

May 1, 1948 - President Truman starts giving aid to European and South American countries via the Marshall Plan, which plans to give economic aid to countries that may be threatened by communism. The plan believes that economic aid will be easier than anti-communist strongmen in fending off communism.

February 2, 1950 - Communist forces controlling Inner Mongolia announce they will join the Mongolian People's Republic. The Second East Turkestan Republic announces that they are joining the USSR as the Uyghur SSR. The USSR strongly backs both of these, believing Mao's communists to be doomed.

April 20, 1950 - The Mongolian People's Republic announces its intention to join the USSR as the Mongolian SSR.

October 3, 1953 - Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the SCOTUS by President Harry Truman on the advice of his Vice President.

March 12, 1954 - Alarmed by the fall of Seoul, the Republic of China invades North Korea.

March 25, 1954 - Douglas MacArthur leads UN Forces in the Landing of Incheon. Despite concerns, particularly MacArthur's recent bad health, the landing is an outstanding success.

April 22, 1954 - The United States Department of Energy and the Environment is created.

May 5, 1954 - Syngman Rhee is assassinated by a North Korean spy following the Liberation of Seoul.

June 21, 1954 - Kim Il-sung is killed by artillery attemping to flee Pyongyang. North Korea unconditionally surrenders. North Korea is put under joint administration of China and South Korea. Sun Myung Moon becomes President of South Korea, promising to reintegrate the North.

June 27, 1954 - The first nuclear power plant opens in the USSR. Harry Truman announces that the Department of Energy and Environment will focus on creating environmentally friendly power sources.

July 2, 1954 - After a popularity surge following the Korean War, Harry Truman announces plans for a Civil Rights Act by the end of his term.

July 4, 1954 - Upon advice from Albert Einstein, the US Department of Space is created. Harry Truman states that the United States will send man-made objects into space, followed by men, followed by landings on the Moon and Mars.

August 30, 1954 - The French Parliament ratifies the European Union Pact. The EU is planned to have a common currency, common military, and a common European parliament. The fledgling EU consists of Ireland, France, Italy, and the Benelux countries. Germany has expressed interest in joining, Britain less so.

September 19, 1954 - New President Everett Dickinson announces that he will spearhead efforts at space, international nuclear non-proliferation and the advancement of civil rights both in America and abroad.

September 20, 1954 - Li Zongren fails to persuade President Dickinson to retract Tibet from the United Nations. In the following dispute, Dickinson ends Marshall Aid to China, and Li Zongren cozies up to the USSR, recognizing the Uyghur and Mongolian SSRs.

November 11, 1956 - South Korea gains full control of North Korea, and Sung Myung Moon proclaims himself president of the United Republic of Korea.

October 31, 1957 - The ROC and UROK announce the founding of the Third Way, also known as the Non-Aligned Movement, intended to be neutral in the Cold War. The US withdraws Marshall Aid from the UROK.

September 11, 1957 - A few months old baby in the bin Laden family dies of influenza.

 

[trekchu]

January 1st, 1956: Duncan Sandys, currently working on a Defence White Paper is heavily mauled in an accident when he crosses a street in London and is hit by a bus. The White Paper will be delayed for more than six months and arrive at very different conclusion as Sandys was a fierce proponent of Rockets over manned aircraft, while the new person in charge wasn't.

June 30th 1957: A Anglo-American convoy escorted by HMS Vanguard, HMS Anson, USS Iowa and USS Missouri approaches the Soviet blockade line, with several British Carriers providing distant escort. The Soviet Commander on the scene repeatedly requests permission to open fire but when the Kremlin is made aware of the concentration of NATO naval power it is refused. The convoy unloads the next morning.

 

[Francisco Cojuanco]

December 25, 1957: Communists regain power in a military coup in Slovakia. The new government announces its withdrawal from NATO, and invites in Soviet forces to "restore order".

 

[Gosing]

This is shaking up to be seriously awesome.

Some idea (just ideas):

1) Spacewank. It was awesome in 50 Years, and it would be even more awesome here (earlier start). Moonbase and Mars expedition, anyone?

2) Western Europe will be different and probably more powerful. We've got a lasting French Indochina, a maintained Monarchist Egypt (which will probably set back other Mid East Revolutionary movements) and no real victory for decolonisation yet (India is a Commonwealth Realm about to fall to civil war, and the jury's still out on Indonesia). Britain, in particular, will be less willing to join any kind of Pan-European organization unless aother disaster comes.

3) We need more India and Indonesia, people!

4) I think the Republicans may be due to win in '56.

 

[Mr_ Bondoc]

June 30th 1957: A Anglo-American convoy escorted by HMS Vanguard, HMS Anson, USS Iowa and USS Missouri approaches the Soviet blockade line, with several British Carriers providing distant escort. The Soviet Commander on the scene repeatedly requests permission to open fire but when the Kremlin is made aware of the concentration of NATO naval power it is refused. The convoy unloads the next morning.

July 2nd, 1957: Edward R. Murrow, CBS-TV, dubs the naval group that broke the Soviet blockade the "Freedom Flotilla", sparking international attention...

 

[trekchu]

July 2nd, 1957: Edward R. Murrow, CBS-TV, dubs the naval group that broke the Soviet blockade the "Freedom Flotilla", sparking international attention...

This also implies that the Brits retained their Battleship capability.

 

[Francisco Cojuanco]

April 16, 1953: The Muslim League Congress votes narrowly against secession.
13 July, 1959: Protests break out across Pakistan demanding either autonomy or independence.
14 July, 1959: In a meeting of Muslim League MPs, it is resolved that Pakistan should be independent. At 16:45 local time, Mohammad Ali Jinnah unilaterally proclaims Pakistan as an independent Commonwealth Realm from the Singh Government Science College in Karachi. Jinnah is sworn in as provisional Prime Minister (and becomes the first man to have been Prime Minister of two Dominions), and Alvin Cornelius becomes Governor-General.
15 July, 1959: Sheik Mujibur Rahman proclaims the independence of the Republic of Bengal in Calcutta, at 11:00 local time. An hour after the proclamation, Royal Indian Army units and pro-independence militias begin fighting in earnest.
16 July, 1959: Pakistan announces that it considers the eastern part of Bengal as part of its territory, and refuses to recognize Bengal’s independence. A demand is issued for all Royal Indian Army troops in Pakistan to either swear loyalty to the Pakistani government or withdraw to India.
23 July, 1959: After India refuses to withdraw its troops from Pakistani territory, PM Jinnah announces on the radio that the Commonwealth of Pakistan is in a state of war with the Indian Union. Hours later, Britain announces its recognition of Pakistan, and by 20:00 local time the United States does as well.
24 July, 1959: In the early hours of the morning, Mohammad Ali Jinnah dies at age 83. Liaquat Ali Khan becomes Prime Minister. Later that day, the newly-formed Royal Pakistani Army pushes Indian forces out of Karachi after a day of intense urban warfare.

 

[Gosing]

Some random ideas:

October 17, 1947: Britain grants formal independance to Iraq under the Hashemite Faisal II.

May 17, 1958: An attempted coup d'etat in Iraq by the army, though with generous support from the Soviets, fails due to British Intelligence officers forewarning the government. Increasingly, with the failure of clean coups to take out the monarchs that the people still really hate, the Arabs are turning to new ideologies that are ironically opposites: socialism and Islamism.

And if I may:

June 14, 1947: After much negotiation and politicking, the Government of India Act of 1947 goes into practice. Burma and Ceylon are retained as colonies (to be given independance in January and February of the following year, respectively) but the remainder of the Raj is united as the Dominion of India. At the insistence of the Indians (and more importantly the Americans) the new state is given "special privelages"; though a formal Commonwealth Realm, they are pretty much totally independant. After much discussion, the Princely States are put into an odd position somewhat like the various monarchies of Wilhelmine Germany. Mahatma Ghandi is the first Prime Minister.

August 17, 1945: Indonesian independance is declared in Jakarta.

November 10-13, 1945: The Battle of Surabaya sees a ragtag group of extremely brave Indonesian rebels slaughtered by British troops. Much manpower and most oof the rebel weaponry is lost.

January 1946: The Dutch return to the Indies triumphantly and take, among other places, the temporary Republican capitol of Jakarta. Several outer islands are retaken with ease and converted to puppet states, and in Java and Sumatra the rebels are forced into the countryside.

Summer 1947: The Dutch launch a massive assault on the East Indies, driving the rebels from Java and seizing large parts of Sumatra.

Anyone for more succesful Dutch campaigns leading to fragmentation and a balkanized Indonesia? Maybe the Australians could even get something out of it...