Timeline of AOR

This is the condensed timeline of An Orwellian Reality, from 1945-1984. If you want to go further in detail, please read the Eight Chronicles, which goes much deeper in depth about that time period.

* First Chronicle (1945-1949)
* Second Chronicle (1950-1954)
* Third Chronicle (1955-1959)
* Fourth Chronicle (1960-1964)
* Fifth Chronicle (1965-1969)
* Sixth Chronicle (1970-1974)
* Seventh Chronicle (1975-1979)
* Eigth Chronicle (1980-1984)

## 1945: Das Dritter Weltkrieg

**April 1st:** The Americans invade Okinawa.

**May 8th:** Nazi Germany surrenders, ending World War II in Europe.

**July 1st:** Operation Unthinkable was launched, re-starting World War II in Europe.

**August 6th:** "Little Boy" is dropped on the city of Hiroshima, killing over 70,000 people instantly.

**October 1st:** Operation Olympic is launched, starting the invasion of Kyushu.

## 1950: Japan's Last Breath

**January 4th:** Operation Vertigo is launched as the United States invades the Kansai plain.

**June 15th:** The United States commences the Alpha Test, exploding a 10 Megaton Hydrogen Bomb.

**August 20th:** The hydrogen bomb Ivy Mike is dropped onto the city of Nagoya, killing over one million people instantly.

**August 25th:** A second hydrogen bomb named Wake Mary is dropped onto Sapporo, killing another 700,000 and destroying both cities.

**September 1st:** The Japanese Empire finally surrenders, ending the Second World War.

## 1953: Death of Stalin

**March 5th:** Joseph Stalin dies at the age of 73.

## 1954: Beginning of The End

**October 14th:** The Great American War begins, as communist rebels rises up along the Rust Belt region.

**October 16th:** President Dwight Eisenhower declares a state of emergency in the Great Lakes area, and begins to deploy military forces.

**November 7th:** Communist forces explode into the rest of Michigan, seizing the State Capitol at Lansing. Governor G. Mennan Williams of Michigan, freshly off re-election, fled to the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison.

**November 11th:** Telford was captured by the Communist Forces.

**December 1st:** The entirety of the lower peninsula of Michigan is under the rule of Socalists rebels. Portions of northern Ohio and Indiana are also under Socialist control.

**December 25th:** Detroit, Michigan, the capital of the Communist insurgency, has the Communist Christmas Parade, a tradition that will run from 1954 to 1961. The parade drew visitors from the "free" United States. It became a tool to expedite Communism across the U.S. and Canada.

## 1955: Rust Belt War

**January 3rd:** Ardent Anti-Communist Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) becomes Senate Majority Leader. He announces plans to isolate the Communist threat and then exterminate it.

**February 3rd:** The Battle of Chicago begins, with Socialist forces attacking the city with incredible force.

**February 28th:** After three and a half weeks of fighting, American forces in Chicago surrender to the Communists.

**April 7th:** Final holdouts on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan surrender. The state is now the first under complete Ingsoc control.

**June 10th:** A group of Communists under Gus Hall organize in Minneapolis. They launch a rebellion in the city. However, military forces from the Southern and Western United States are called in to put down the rebellion.

**June 13th:** American backup forces arrive in Minneapolis, forcing Gus Hall's Communists to the northern portions of the state.

**June 21st:** Gus Hall organizes the Communist Ministry of Peace. The goals organization is to fight for Communist control of the Northern American continent.

**June 23rd:** The Communist Ministry of Peace is driven out of mainland Minnesota, they flee to Beaver Island, Michigan.

**July 4th:** The Peace Ministry launches the first raid on Green Bay, Wisconsin, also setting up a blockade.

**July 23rd:** Unorganized Communist forces work with the Peace Ministry to taken over Milwaukee.

**July 27th:** Milwaukee falls to Communist forces.

**July 31st:** The entire Lake Michigan coast is under Communist control.

**August 7th:** Military forces of the American Communists are entirely organized into the Ministry of Peace. Two armies are formed, the First Western Red Army and the Second Western Red Army. The First Western Red Army marches towards Madison, the Second Western Red Army marches towards Ohio.

**August 9th:** The First Western Red Army lays siege to Madison, Wisconsin. The Governors of Wisconsin and Michigan flee, this time to Des Moines, Iowa. The 1st Western Reds split up, with one detachment armoring Madison and a second conquering the rest of the state.

**August 15th:** Communist forces of the 2nd Western Reds are delayed in Springfield as the Illinois National Guard defends the state capitol. However, the Communists possess a superiority in numbers for the first time since fighting began in Illinois (they where outnumbered in the Battle of Chicago). Fighting begins around noon, and the Communists have control of the city by sundown. Governor William Stratton is the first State Governor to be killed by Communist forces. The State Government of Illinois surrenders, although President Eisenhower announces a state government-in-exile in St. Louis.

**August 23rd:** Communist forces arrive in Indiana. They are greeted by news that several Indiana counties have sent envoys to surrender.

**August 30th:** The Battle of Hamilton County begins. Communist forces of the 2nd Western Reds face off against troops from the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio National Guards and the U.S. Army. The battle is a standoff for several days before the Communists surround the counties principal city, Minneapolis.

**September 11th:** Communist forces arrive in Columbus, Ohio. Token opposition faces them, but the Communists now effectively control Ohio, excluding a few places on the Kentucky and Pennsylvania borders.

**September 19th:** The Battle of St. Croix County hands the Communists there first defeat as American forces ambush portions of the 1st Western Reds. American forces push forward.

**September 23rd:** The Battle of Dunn County gives Communists momentum again as American forces are defeated in a rout.

**September 30th:** All of Wisconsin is under control of the Communists.

**October 3rd:** Pittsburg falls to the Second Western Reds. They set up winter camp in the city as fighting begins to die down. A detachment is sent to capture Erie.

**October 16th:** Erie falls.

**October 17th:** The 1st Western Reds begin to march on Minneapolis. The American government has made heavy fortifications to the city, the last major Northern city before Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho. Loss of the city would mean perpetual Communist control of the Great Plains.

**October 26th:** Several suburbs of Minneapolis surrender but Hennepin County remains standing. Fighting season is over as winter sets in Minnesota

**November 7th:** The United States House of Representatives impeaches Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson for Communist symphazing. This is as Senator Eugene McCarthy, whose home state of Wisconsin has been captured by Communists, begins a crackdown in DC on communists.

**December 25th:** The Second Communist Christmas Parade occurs, this time occurring not just in Detroit but also in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Madison, and Cleveland.

## 1956: Forces in Equilibrium

**April 2nd:** At the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Conference, incumbent Secretary of Agriculture (also serving as an apostle) Ezra Taft Benson calls for all church members to rise up and fight the Communists. Benson also announces that agricultural products from the South and Midwest have been shipped to Colorado facilities.

**July 4th:** The Independence Day Revolt in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan breaks out. With Senator McCarthy behind the uprising, Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan revert to American control by the end of the month.

**August 3rd:** In response to the Independence Day Revolt, Communists surge into the Midwest, recapturing the Upper Peninsula and then moving into North Dakota before being stopped at the Missouri. Minneapolis, a longtime holdout, falls.

**September 1st:** Crackdowns within Communist controlled areas begin.

**September 7th:** In exchange for Senator Eugene McCarthy, Kentucky surrenders.

**September 11th:** Senator Eugene McCarthy commits suicide upon hearing Kentucky was surrendered for his sake.

**October:** Battles across the Tennessee-Kentucky border slightly change strength in the region. Most other battles die down with the temperature.

## 1957: Sorrow and Disgrace

**August 9th:** Socialist and Communist rebels organize and elect the leader of the Communist Party of America. Their choice is Eugene Dennis, the American head of the Communist Party and Soviet spy. His official title is Big Brother, in reference to the Brotherhood of global workers. 4 other offices are created, the Ministers of Truth, Peace, Love, and Plenty.

## 1958: Chaos in Britain

**January 5th:** A group of radicalists known as English Socialists (Ingsoc) breaks away from the Stalinists, gaining control over all the Stalinist rebels in Great Britain while getting a sizable chunk of New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

**March 2nd:** After much inter-rebellion infighting, Dennis announces that Ingsoc will become the core of the Inner Party, and all not loyal to the radical ideas of Ingsoc will be cast into the Outer Party.

**May 1st:** On May Day, the first Ingsoc Party Convention is held in Detroit, Michigan. They resolve to take the Boswash Region.

**June 30th:** The Bavarian Soviet Republic is established.

**August 14th:** After a buildup of forces, a united military forces consisting of all countries from the Comintern crosses the Rhine, with paratroopers dropping onto the West Bank of the Rhur.

## 1959: One Day More

**January 1st:** The part of the Rhine that divides France and Germany were breached by the Soviets. As a result, the Battle of Strasbourg begins.

**February 4th:** The Battle of Lille begins. A small nuke is dropped on the French port city of Cherbourg on the same day, destroying a sizable chunk of their fleet on the English Channel.

**February 5th:** Amiens is taken by Soviet tank divisions.

**March 31st:** Paris surrenders.

**April 11th:** Seeing where World War III is going, Turkey suddenly attacked French Assyria, and declared the end of cooperation with NATO.

**April 18th:** France surrenders to the Soviet Union. Algeria gains independence on the same day.

**April 19th:** Turkish troops marches into Beirut as the French Army collapses.

**June 22nd:** During another congress by Nikita Khurshev, he proposes to restart the Palace of the Soviets project, as the Soviet Union looks very likely to win World War III and gain global hegamony.

**July 18th:** The French Commune is established, with Maurice Thorez becoming the National Secretary of the French Commune.

## 1960: Red Storm

**January 19:** Despite fighting against Oceania, the United States and Japan still signed the Anpo Treaty, with the United States promising protection, even as they are facing a potential collapse from the Oceanians.

**May 8th:** Italy sign the Venice Declaration, with NATO ceasing all hostile activities against the Soviet Union and vice versa. This is seen as the end of World War 3, in a Soviet Victory. Despite this, Turkey and the USSR continues to fight each other.

**June 15:** The Diet Masscare - Left-wing protesters of the Anpo Movement, trying to stop the go-ahead of the Anpo Treaty, stormed the Diet, and proceeded to murder almost every senator in the building, inclulding then-Prime Minister, Nobusuke Kishi. He was critically injured, and by the end of the day, over 300 people have died in the masscare.

**June 16th:** Far-right Ultranationalists, fearful of a communist takeover in Japan, launched an attack on leftist strongholds in Tokyo, with the violence turning into full-scale gunfights. This event, known as the June 16th Incident, marked the start of the Japanese Civil War.

**July 14th:** Kishi was pronounced dead in a shattered Japan.

**July 19th:** Treaty of Ankara - The Soviet Union and Turkey signs the peace deal, with Turkey securing their lands and are allowed to continue their foreign policy and politics without any interference, in exchange of a huge war reparation fee. This marked the official end of World War III, with the Red Flag waving over most of Europe.

**December 20th:** With the Kansai Plain and most of Shikoku secured, the leftists declares the formation of the Japanese Peoples' Republic despite the fact that the Civil War is still raging on, and with the Monarchists in control of the Kanto Plain.

## 1961: Fall of Liberty

**April 5th:** The Battle of New York City begins, with Ingsoc launching an attack on Staten Island.

**April 26th:** Ingsoc forces lands on Manhattan and Queens.

**May 13th:** Battle of Times Square, as American troops struggle to prevent Ingsoc from overrunning Times Square in New York City.

**May 30th:** To prevent Ingsoc from blowing up the Statue of Liberty, the Americans destroyed it, and managed to ship the head and the torched arm of the Statue out of New York before it falls to Ingsoc.

**May 31st:** New York falls to Ingsoc.

**October 14th:** Leonid Breznhev overthrows NIkite Khrushchev to become the new General Secretary of the USSR.

**October 30th:** At the 22nd Congress of the Superme Soviet, a revised version of Palace of the Soviets is approved. This revised version of Palace of the Soviets is similar to the 1936 version, however the Lenin statue would be placed at the front of the building instead of being on top of the building. The office building itself is designed to be even taller at 516 meters, 100 meters taller than the 1936 original proposal. The Grand Hall was designed to be even bigger than Nazi Germany's Volkshalle.

**December 31st:** The Palace of the Soviets begins its construction, with Khurushev hoping that the construction can finish before Lenin's 100th Birthday on April 22nd, 1970.

## 1962: End of America

**May 15th:** Facing no hope of being able to keep the islands, America leaves Okinawa 10 years earlier than they did in real life.

**July 4th:** In what seems to be a delibrate move, Ingsoc enters Washington D.C, and set the Capitol on fire, before recording it and dumping it to let the Americans find it. Obviously, Oceania don't even mention this event to their citizens in 1984.

## 1964: Death of Britannia

**January 2nd:** The Siege of Liverpool ends in Ingsoc capturing the city.

**May 18th:** The flag of Ingsoc flies above Big Ben, as Oceania captures Westminster in London.

**May 30th:** The last pockets of resistance in London surrenders in Bromley. That same day, Big Brother declared London the official capital of Oceania.

**July 11th:** Maurice Thorez dies during a foreign trip to Bulgaria. The French Commune enters into a period of mourning.

**July 13th:** The French Politburo elects Waldeck Rochet as the new National Secretary of the French Commune.

**November 3rd:** The 1964 United States presidental election occurs, with John F. Kennedy completing an absolute wipeout, winning 279-0 against Richard Nixon.

**December 10th:** The last pockets of resistance on Great Britain surrenders to Ingsoc at Penzance, Cornwall. Ingsoc now rules Great Britain.

**December 11th:** Massive civilization-destroying programs began on Airstrip One (Great Britain), with all housing and buildings destroyed across the former UK to replace them with unfamiliar concrete skyscrapers.

## 1965

**January 3rd:** The First Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary is published, with the British Museum also demolished that same day.

## 1966

**March 11th:** Former US President Richard Nixon commits suicide in his home via cynaide, ending his life at the age of 53.

## 1967

**November 22nd:** Portland Incident - John F. Kennedy, while on an open-top motorcade with his wife Jaqueline, got shot 3 times as his car was passing through Pioneer Courthouse Square in Central Oregon. Thankfully, he survived the assassination attempt.

## 1968

**July 17th:** The Soviet Union lands Alexei Leonov on the moon, as he became the very first person in history to step foot on the moon instead of Neil Armstrong.

## 1970

**April 22nd:** Despite the fact that the entire complex of Palace of the Soviets fail to be completed by Lenin's 100th Birthday, the Zalsovetov (Hall of the Soviets) opened its doors.

**June 2nd:** The French Politburo ousts Waldeck Rochet as the National Secretary of France, with Georges Marchais taking power instead.

## 1971: The Great Split

**April 12th:** On the 110th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, the Dixie Boys launch a full-blown uprising against Ingsoc.

**July 14th:** The Arc de Triomphe Incident occurs as a massive anti-Soviet banner was hung onto the famed French monument.

**July 18th:** France detonates their first hydrogen bomb in French Polynesia.

**August 10th:** The August Resolution is passed in Paris, confirming the French Commune's exit from the Warsaw Pact.

**December 31st:** France gets kicked out of the Comintern.

## 1972: New Ideals Arise

**July 1st:** Formation of the European Eurocommunist Community (ESC), with France as its founding member.

**August 2nd:** Disgusted of seeing the Japanese murdering each other, the Yakuza (the Japanese Mafia) decided to bring all their forces to Kyushu, and to prepare an uprising in Fukuoka. This marked the start of the Island March, with all Yakuza members moving south to prepare for their uprising.

**August 23rd:** The Island March ends, with the Yakuza losing over 30% of their members, mainly due to civilian shootings in the Civil War. However, the leadership remains intact, with only one Oyobun killed.

**September 23rd:** The Shubun Uprising occurs, with the Yamaguchi Clan leading the armed uprising in Fukuoka, controlled by the Japanese Empire.

**October 27th:** The Italian Empire is formed, centered in Milan.

**December 30th:** Coinciding with the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the USSR, the Dvorets (The Palace) opens, with Leonid Brezhnev opening the palace, and entering the Premier's office at the top of the Palace building.

## 1973

**May 8th:** The last part of Palace of the Soviets opens as the Peoples' Museum, a museum dedicated to the history of the USSR, opens. The Boulevard of Lenin also opens on that day, running all the way to Palace of the Soviets.

## 1974: Trouble in Portugal

**April 25th:** The Carnation Revolution occurs, ending the Estado Novo regime in Portugal.

**July 19th:** A right-wing rebellion happens in Portugal, propped up by the Spanish State. This would start a period of guerllia warfare for Portugal.

## 1975: Coups Across Europe

**February 19th:** Kyushu falls completely to the Yakuza, with the last JPP stronghold surrendering in Amakusa.

**March 11th:** The PREC is established in Portugal to save the country from total collapse.

**August 18th:** The August Coup - Egon Krenz launches a coup d'etat against Erich Honecker, supported by the East German military.

**August 19th:** The Stasi are defeated by the East German Military, and Honecker is overthrown as the General Secretary of Germany. He was able to escape before the new GDR government was able to capture him.

**August 20th:** Egon Krenz is sworn in as the new General Secretary of the GDR. Honecker also successfully flee Germany and surrendered himself to the military in the small town of Kostrzyn in the Polish SSR.

**October 7th:** The Soviet Union removes Bavarian General Secretary Heinz Hoffmann from power, replacing him with Honecker.

**November 25th:** The November 25th coup occurs in Portugal, which was successful due to them being supported by the USSR.

**November 28th:** With the Marxist-Eurocommunist rebels of Socialist Republic of Portugal rising up against the Portuguese Soviet Republic, The Portuguese Civil War begins.

## 1976: War of Seinaru

**January 3rd:** Shikoku falls completely to the Yakuza, severely weakening JPP's morale. The Battle of Himeji also begins.

**January 30th:** Fearful of a full-scale Yakuza takeover, the DPRK officially joins the Japanese Civil War on the JPP's side.

**January 31st:** The Battle of Himeji ends in a Yakuza Victory.

**March 15th:** The Battle of Kobe begins.

**March 17th:** With Yakuza forces flanking Kobe, the siege of Kobe begins. The Battle of Osaka also begins on that day.

**April 8th:** Maoist China invades the island of Okinawa, which are controlled by Liberalist Japan. The ensuing battles are remembered as "Banzai B-tards of Ryukyu".

**September 9th:** Mao Zedong dies aged 82, while China are still trying to capture the remaining islands of Ryukyu.

**October 17th:** Liberalist Japan joins forces with the Monarchists, as both sides are rapidly losing ground against the Yakuza.

**December 1st:** After 8 months of conflict, the Ryukyu Islands are subdued by China. The United Republic of Japan agrees to a truce by the new Chinese government.

## 1977: When Dusts Settles

**April 1st:** The Battle of Tokyo begins, with the Yakuza engaging against all four factions at the same time.

**April 8th:** On the anniversary of the Chinese takeover of Okinawa, the island and their settlements are all renamed to fit Chinese naming customs.

**June 15th**: As the Socialist Republic of Portugal captures the city of Porto, the Portuguese Soviet Republic surrenders, ending the Portuguese Civil War in an Eurocommunist victory.

## 1978

**January 1st:** Portugal joins the European Eurocommunist Community.

**June 19th:** After over a year of fighting, Tokyo and the Kansai Plain finally falls to the Yakuza forces.

**June 23rd:** The Japanese Empire surrenders, with all of their leaders committing suicide,

## 1979

**April 21st:** Mexico officially join the Great American War.

## 1980: Yami no Yoake

**February 11th:** Coinciding with the Japanese National Day, the Yakuza declares the formation of the New Shogunate of Japan (新幕府), though commonly referred by many outsiders as the Yakuza State.

**February 14th:** Leonid Brezhnev realizes that the defeat of the Japanese Peoples' Republic is immient, and ordered the Soviet Military to prepare for an invasion of Hokkaido, and hopefully take it before the Yakuza can.

**February 22nd:** With the Yakuza on the outskirts of Aomori and Akita, the Soviet Union started Operation Zima, and landed their troops onto the island of Hokkaido, to the surprise of the JPP.

**February 25th:** The Battle of Akita begins.

**February 26th:** The JPP, unwilling to risk ruining the landscape of Hokkaido, surrendered Sapporo as the Soviet Union marches into the city.

**March 5th:** Akita falls, with The Battle of Aomori beginning on the same day.

**March 9th:** Realizing defeat is immeint, Premier Miyamoto commits suicide by way of seppuku, with his head placed above the Aomori Town Hall.

**March 11th:** The Japanese Peoples' Republic surrenders, after they are left with no leader, no army and no city to speak of. The Japanese Civil War finally ends after 20 years of fighting, with the Yakuza emerging victorious.

## 1981: The Great Trial

**January 20th:** Ronald Reagan became the President of the United States. In his inaguaration speech, he declares Oceania as "evil empire", and swore to devote as much resources as possible to defeat Ingsoc completely.

## 1982

**10th November:** Leonid Brezhnev dies from a heart attack.

## 1984: Where We Start

**February 9th:** Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov dies.

**April 4th:** The actual book Nineteen Eighty-Four starts on this date. The first phase of the timeline also ends here.