The Re-Rise Of Great Britain 1953- 2003

This timeline will be about the reconstruction of the United Kingdom after the events of June 12, 1953. I am primarily basing this on a recent game I have played using the kaisersriech mod for darkest hour. As you can guess this will mainly be focused on Britain. Please bear in mind this is my first timeline and I will Probably only be able to update this every weekend. Thanks and I hope you enjoy!
 
There is no reason for ever rushing a tl. Often doing it a bit slower can make it even better.
Look forward to this.
 
The Beginning.

It was June 12, 1953. For several years now the plan to finally invade the Union of Britain was underway. The Germans had tried three times so far, but to no avail. Now, the Entente would have its chance. Across the world preparation for a radio broadcast from President John Nance Garner had been in the works for months. However, in order to get it to the target audience, the Union of Britain, twenty-five submarines were ready with strong radio antenna to punch through Union jamming. Finally, the switch was thrown in the white house. Here are the most famous words ever spoken: " Today, ladies and gentlemen of the world, syndicalism is at its end. In the next few minutes, almost 70 missiles will launch with a payload of unimaginable power. An ancient text text epitomizes how I fell right now.Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

The missiles launched that day were Atlas missiles armed with 20 kiloton nuclear bombs, wired for an airburst detonation.

The only cities spared were London, Cardiff, and Edinburgh.
 
The Invasion

Operation Ark Angel began on July 1, 1953. The invasion would be centered in three areas: Hastings, Liverpool, and Norwich. Since liverpool was nuked particularly hard, the troops would wear gas masks and would decontaminate regularly. The invasion forces sailed from Iceland, Casablanca ,and Lisbon respectively. When the landings began there was little resistance, they mostly found devastation on an unimaginable scale. The medics found injuries that they had never seen before. Almost 15 days later, the entire island was nearly in American hands. The highest leader left in Britain, Bernard Montgomery, surrendered the remaining union army units in the final pocket of resistance around the remains of newcastle. As it was later known, most of the leaders of the union died at a full party conference in Birmingham, and attributed to the quick fall of the Union of britain.
 
Wait, so this is a TL set in an established fictional universe?

Not Exactly, no. It is inspired by a kaisersriech game I have played. It is set in a universe where the USA won the second American Civil War. The a bomb was developed in 1948 and the US decided to wait until they had a platform to deliver the bomb.


The US is not alllied with germany, and I was hoping that you guys would understand that. If I was then I would have nuked the UOB when I got the bomb. This will also play into the cold war which will be established later on.

Oh and if anyone knows how to do multiple qoutes in one reply, please explain it to me

Thanks Red1
 
What? Second Civil War? That itself is a fictional event.


Please read up on the kaisersriech mod if you feel that it is fictional. The pod is that the US didnt intervene in world war one. Thus when the british and french lost they turned syndicalist and the us couldnt get any war loans back. If you hve any more questions look at the mod.
 
The Evaluation

In Canada, it was planned that once the UOB surrenderd, the daughter of the late George VI, Elizebeth the second, would be sent to govern the Island. The aging Edward had decided to remain in Canada.

As Queen Elizbeth got off the boat, she saw unimaginable destruction.

Here is a sample from her breifing.

"We expect about 8 million people are dead,6 million injured, andmany millions more dying in the next few months and years."

"Phase one of reconstruction we expect will take 2-3 years to complete."

We will focus on providing food, water and medicine to the people"


God help us all.
 
The Military

One of the first cabinet appointments of Queen Eizebeth was to nominate Brnard Mntgomery to the head of the new Ministry of Defense. Here is his report to the queen about the state of the army and what it will need to increase to in the coming years.

current Projected Need
Modern 25 450
tanks*

Heavy 50 300
artillery

Light artillery 75 400


AFVs 60 275


Fighters* 10 200

Intercepters* 23 100

CAS* 6 75

Tactical and
stategic bomber* 18 150


Transport 4 50


Submarines 6 30

Destroyers 3 50

Cruisers 4 25

Battleships 1 8

Carriers 0 5



Please bear in mind these are only numbers of serviceable vehicles.

* many of these designes were of limited use and would later be scrapped
 
There is no reason for ever rushing a tl. Often doing it a bit slower can make it even better.
Look forward to this.

Never was a truer word spoken.

Red1 - you might want to take a breath and think about some of the things you are posting

With 8 million dead, no one in the government (as opposed to HoI2) is thinking about the military right now

And Queen Elizabeth isn't (yet) if Edward still survives (no children???) until he abdicates. A Governor is not a Queen EDIT - also if I'm remembering correctly George VI isn't/wasn't KIng either in the KR universe, Edward never abdicates (in Canada)

And if Montgomery was a Syndie (!!!!!) why is he in charge of the new army?
 
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One of the first cabinet appointments of Queen Eizebeth was to nominate Brnard Mntgomery to the head of the new Ministry of Defense. Here is his report to the queen about the state of the army and what it will need to increase to in the coming years.

current Projected Need
Modern 25 450
tanks*

Heavy 50 300
artillery

Light artillery 75 400


AFVs 60 275


Fighters* 10 200

Intercepters* 23 100

CAS* 6 75

Tactical and
stategic bomber* 18 150


Transport 4 50


Submarines 6 30

Destroyers 3 50

Cruisers 4 25

Battleships 1 8

Carriers 0 5



Please bear in mind these are only numbers of serviceable vehicles.

* many of these designes were of limited use and would later be scrapped

OK the first thing the new Governor General would do is organize relief efforts, rebuilding the military is far down on the list of things to do.
 

Hendryk

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First, a general comment: if you don't intend to write a free-standing TL but a fanfic of a game setting, then you need to ask a mod to move your thread to ASB, where such works are supposed to go. Second, a small detail:
Across the world preparation for a radio broadcast from President John Nance Garner had been in the works for months. However, in order to get it to the target audience, the Union of Britain, twenty-five submarines were ready with strong radio antenna to punch through Union jamming. Finally, the switch was thrown in the white house. Here are the most famous words ever spoken: " Today, ladies and gentlemen of the world, syndicalism is at its end. In the next few minutes, almost 70 missiles will launch with a payload of unimaginable power. An ancient text text epitomizes how I fell right now.Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Oppenheimer quoted Hindu theology in OTL because he was a well-read man. I seriously doubt that such a parochial figure as Garner would ever have come across the Bhagavad-Gita, meaning he wouldn't speak these words.
 
I put montgomery as head of the new army for an apperance of reconciliation. I made elizabeth the queen because I believe Edward would not want to go back to England. I will make it that otl queen mother was sent to England with her. I have made Edward King of Canada and Elizebeth II queen of England.

I now realize that I do cover disaster relief and I see that mistake.

Do you think that casualty figure is to low?
 
The Red Cross

President of the red cross Robert Harriman met with the new Queen earlier that day. He didn't provide any good news. With nearly three-quearters of all industry destroyed, it would take years to rebuild england. However, thousands of tons of aid was ariving daily from across the world. He realized that he needed a lot more fuel. He had enough trucks, but no gas. Water was one of the biggest issues he had. Nearly all water above 50ft down was contaminated, and it was very hard to get wells down that deep. The hospitals were overflowing, and many dropped like flies just hours after they arrived. Whatever was killing them, he hoped it would not happen again.
 
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