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 **1 February 1984** - 159th Fighter Wing disperses from NAS NOLA; only 5 minute strip alert aircraft remaining on base; US Coast Guard aircraft move to Grand Isle and Morgan City, LA. The United States government, in response to escalating tensions with the Soviet Union, begin enacting emergency measures in the state of Alaska to limit possible civilian casualties due to the state's geographic proximity to the Soviet Union. Of greatest importance to the state was the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to ground all domestic air travel within Alaska until the end of the current crisis. This action was taken in response to the Bulgarian downing of a Dutch KLM flight. Secondly, the US Coast Guard, in conjunction with the United States Navy, declared a zone of exclusion throughout the entire Bering Sea. All civilian vessels operating within the nautical limits of the Bering Sea and the adjoining Chukchi Sea were ordered to return to port immediately. The USCG was tasked with the enforcement of this nautical exclusion zone. In the state capital of Juneau discussions began regarding the possible evacuation of civilian communities in the Aleutian Islands. This was fueled largely by fears of Soviet air attack against communities in the island chain following the Soviet air incursion over the Aleutians during FleetEx '83 the previous year. Illinois Governor Jim Thompson meets with the Chancellor of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and proposes a plan that the emergency government of Illinois would be seated at the University in the event of a nuclear war. The Chancellor agrees to the plan and the command post there begins construction.
+**3-5 February 1984** - Several planning meetings are held in Wellington, New Zealand, where the government of that generally unprepared country decides to establish Civil Defence plans in case war breaks out. Notably, the mood towards the possibility of nuclear attack occurring is disbelieving, with the Prime Minister stating "//[New Zealanders] are safer in New Zealand than in Switzerland.//" Ongoing redeployment of RNZAF assets to regional airports is nevertheless continued, as is mobilisation of Army and Navy reserves.
 **6 February 1984** - The first of several planning meetings are held in Springfield, Illinois. In attendance are all of the executive officials (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Comptroller).
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 **14 February 1984** - Nearly 40 million people took part in demonstrations worldwide calling for immediate draw down of forces on both sides. One of the most surprising turnouts and unfortunate acts of violence took place at a demonstration in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The city in the middle of the USA's conservative heartland drew over 50,000 people. A participant in a counter demonstration fired shots toward the main stage and into the crowd. Two people were killed, another 11 wounded included a prominent area peace activist.
+In New Zealand, similar peace protests erupt, and turn similarly violent in Dunedin and Wellington with a man arrested the following day after allegedly trying to firebomb the US Embassy.
 **16 February 1984** - The interim Soviet government sends an ultimatum to NATO calling for a total withdrawal of NATO forces from West Germany by 6am Moscow time February 18, 1984. President Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent a joint response to the Soviets. NO.
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 **18 February 1984** - Thirty minutes after the deadline passes, Warsaw Pact forces begin a massive military invasion of Western Europe from Northern Norway to the Italian-Yugoslav border. The Third World War begins.
-**19 February 1984** - RAF Vulcans at QRA State; 5 minutes.
+**19 February 1984** - RAF Vulcans at QRA State; 5 minutes. Red Army breaks through the Fulda Gap; New York Stock Exchange closes for final time.
 **20 February 1984** - US Gulf States Command (Rear) fully operational at Avery Island, Louisiana - skeleton staffs for NAVFORRES, MARFORRES, and Louisiana National Guard remaining in New Orleans. Mississippi National Guard moves from Jackson and Camp Shelby. Alabama National Guard stands up a rear headquarters at Tuscaloosa.
+In Germany, Kassel is surrounded with a primarily American force trapped west of the city. Permission is asked for use of chemical weapons as the Soviets press upon the French contingent on the road to Stuttgart.
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 **1445 ZULU/8:45 AM CST** - Governor Thompson makes a speech informing the citizens of Illinois about the two nuclear detonations in Germany.
+**Roughly 15.00** - Communication between Reagan and Ogarkov. The latter demands NATO retreat to France and a "natural Soviet border at the Rhine." Reagan's response is terse: "General Secretary, regrettably, we are at an impasse."
+**1530 ZULU** - As the ceasefire breaks, Soviet forces initiate use of nerve gas, delivering 8 SCUD missiles along the front. One lands in Hamburg.
 **16:00** - Last-minute emergency preparations still being made in various parts of Europe, including the British Isles.
-**1745 ZULU/11:45 AM CST** - Word reaches the University of Illinois about the tactical exchange in Europe. Both Urbana-Champaign and Carbondale prepare for an all-out strategic exchange.
+**16.25** - Over the objections of a majority of his generals (Sergei Akhromeyev in particular), Ogarkov orders the deployment of more chemical weapons as well as biological agents as NATO retaliates with a nerve gas strike of its own on Brno, Czechoslovakia.
+**~16.30 - 17.30** - Chemical/biolgical attacks steadily escalate, with better protective gear (and horrendous blowback effects on Warsaw Pact forces) giving NATO forces the upper hand for the first time in the war.
+**16.45** - SAC approves pre-authorised release authority pending Presidential order. All nuclear forces on 'hair-trigger' alert.
+**17.32** - Ogarkov instructs Soviet General Staff to issue tactical release authority to field commanders.
+**1745 ZULU/11:45 AM CST** - CNN reports Heidelberg, location of US Joint Command HQ, as location of a nuclear detonation. Tactical exchange begins.
+Word reaches the University of Illinois about the tactical exchange in Europe. Both Urbana-Champaign and Carbondale prepare for an all-out strategic exchange.
+**1753 ZULU/11:53 AM CST** - Reagan evacuated to Andrews AFB as EAN is sent to US forces worldwide.
+The EAN is received by Urbana-Champaign and Carbondale.
-**1753 ZULU/11:53 AM CST** - The EAN is received by Urbana-Champaign and Carbondale.
+Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces launch strategic weapons against targets in Europe and North America.
 **1754 ZULU** - Autherisation signal for nuclear retaliation transmitted from RAF High Wycombe, Corsham and HMY //Britannia//. Thirty seconds after the signal is transmitted RAF High Wycombe is destroyed.
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 **17:58** - The first nuclear device to detonate in the north west of England exploded above the communications base at Inskip, around seventeen miles south of Lancaster.
+Strategic Air Command begins retaliatory launches from silos across the Midwest as launches are detected from submarines off both coasts.
 **18.06** - The closest blast to Lancaster occurred. Twenty thousand people in Barrow-in-Furness became vapour. Thirty thousand Barrovians were dead within ten minutes, over thirty five thousand within the hour. The single airburst fell short of the shipyard by half a mile, exploding above the Holker Street soccer ground. Within seconds the steelworks and shipyard were gone. It was only in Ulverston, ten miles from ground zero, and protected by the hilly south Cumbrian geography, that damage became scarce.
+**21.22 - 21.34 (Feb. 22, 7.22 - 7.34 AEDT)** - Ten targets are hit across Australia: Perth, Fremantle, and Garden Island, WA; Darwin, Pine Gap, and Alice Springs, NT; Cairns and Townsville, QLD; Sydney, NSW; and Canberra, ACT.
+**22.53 - 22.57 (Feb. 22, 9.53 - 9.57 NZDT)** - First Auckland and then Wellington, New Zealand, are hit with nuclear weapons in the last major strikes on the day of the Exchange.
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 **4 March** - Indiana Lieutenant Governor John Mutz, the highest ranking surviving executive official of Indiana, arrives at Urbana-Champaign due to safety concerns back in Indiana.
-**29 May** - Major joint Australian-New Zealand-Indian aid convoy of eleven ships arrives in Portsmouth, loaded with food and fuel. They are escorted by seven ships of the navies of the three nations.
+**3-4 March (NZDT)** - After the Prime Minister is "encouraged" to step down, an impromptu leadership vote is taken by the Emergency Cabinet on his successor.
+**29 March** - HMAS //Perth// is contacted in the Bay of Biscay en route to Britain, and makes harbour at Portsmouth.
+**4 April** - Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel limps back into Portsmouth Harbour, reporting harrassment by Argentinian naval vessels as it attempted to make contact with the Falklands. CHANTICLEER assumes the islands have been invaded by Argentina, and calls in submarine-launched nuclear attacks - over the objections of the King - on Buenos Aires and bases on Tierra del Fuego.
+ - The //Perth// begins return voyage to Australia, with half of its crew effectively taken hostage and Royal Navy personnel put in their place.
+**29 May** - Major joint Australian-New Zealand-Indian aid convoy of eleven ships arrives in Portsmouth, loaded with food and fuel. They are escorted by seven ships of the navies of the three nations, including an aircraft carrier.
 **13 July** - //USS Texas// spotted at the southwestern coast of Ireland, later meets up with //RMAS Bustler// in the English Channel. First post-war establishment of official contact between the governments of the US and the United Kingdom. Return of surviving Operation Prospero air crew to the UK. First post-war deals between the survivor governments signed.
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 **15 of July, evening** - Swiss aerial reconnaissance had positively identified four mobile launchers in the vicinity of Munich. This confirmation that the weapons are not mere hearsay brings the internal conflict in CHANTICLEER to boiling point.
-**16 July** - An emergency meeting of the UK emergency cabinet is called in the early hours of the morning.
+**16 July** - An emergency meeting of the UK emergency cabinet is called in the early hours of the morning, during which Whitelaw is temporarily relinquished of his post as debate over the Second Munich Crisis reaches a crescendo.
 **Late July** - Operation Anthony launched, with the goal of using the remaining nuclear-equipped bombers of the RAF to obliterate the surviving Soviet troops in Munich. In mid-flight, all bombers are called off to return to their bases and the operation is cancelled.