Copenhagen256 Timeline

## 2023

* January 10 - Heads of State from Germany, Poland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Czechia, and Slovakia meet in Helsinki, Finland to secretly create a plan to invade Belarus, called Operation Whitefall.
* File:Ukrainian-mortarmen.jpg  January 22 (Ukraine War) - Ukrainian troops push Russian forces out of Bakhmut, winning the battle. Sources estimate that around 17,000 Ukrainian troops and 20,000 Russian troops died during the battle.
* January 25 - German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announces a major upgrade to the Bundeswehr (The German Armed Forces) in a press conference.
* January 28 - Petr Pavel, former chairman of the NATO Military Committee, wins the Czech Presidential Election
* January 31- Germany announces Operation Whitefall to NATO in a secret meeting, with Sweden and Finland present as they helped with the plan and without Turkey and Hungary as NATO plans to expel them. NATO approves of the operation and sets up a coalition. The NATO Coalition includes: Germany, Poland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Czechia, Slovakia, The Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK.
* File:Ukrainian-forces 2994723b.jpg  February 24 (Ukraine War) - Marking the 1 year mark since the start of the war, Ukraine starts a massive assault towards Donetsk and Horlivka.
* February 27 - Turkey is expelled from NATO and is classified as a dictatorship. Turkish President Recep Erdoğan denies the allegations, claiming "Turkey is a free and fair nation and we don't need NATO anyway".
* March 1 (Ukraine War) - Ukrainian forces cross the Dnieper River, starting an offensive towards Crimea and the city of Melitopol.
* March 11 - Heads of States from India, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines, and Malaysia meet in Melbourne, Australia and decided to form the Melbourne Pact (TMP). The TMP is a military defense and economic alliance modeled after NATO and the European Union.
* File:Hungarian Forces.webp  March 19 - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian Military launch a coup against the Hungarian Government, giving him absolute power. Orbán declares martial law in the country. Protests against the coup are brutally suppressed. Hungary is swiftly kicked out of the EU and NATO and declared a dictatorship. The event is now known as Black Sunday.
* March 22 - Sweden and Finland become NATO members and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known simply as Lula, expressed his desire to have Brazil join the alliance.
* March 30 - Ukrainian forces reach Severodonetsk, starting the 2nd Battle for Severodonetsk. Meanwhile, NATO Coalition forces start to gather on the border with Belarus.
* April 1 - US Government and Military Officials draft up the plan for Operation Southern Blow, the US invasion of Mexico. The goal is to eliminate corruption and the cartels in Mexico and to eliminate Russian and Chinese influence. It’s the start of more NATO operations in Central and South America.
* April 2 - Sanna Marin's Social Democratic Party wins Finland's parliamentary elections by a slim majority.
* April 5 - Colombia announces it's decision to apply to join NATO.
* April 7 - NATO officially invites Brazil and Colombia to join the alliance.
* File:Ukrainian Tanks.jpg  April 12 (Ukraine War) - Ukrainian troops liberate the city of Horlivka and they start to incircle Donetsk.
* April 16 - Huge Anti-War protests break out across major cities in Russia. This is the beginning of the Blue Revolution.
* April 22 - US Officials share the plans for Operation Southern Blow with Canada. Canada agrees to partake in the operation.
* April 28 (Operation Southern Blow) - US forces start building on the Mexican border
* May 2 - In a secret joint session of congress, the US Senate and House of Representatives vote to declare war on Mexico and for Operation Southern Blow. The vote is a majority Yes. The results will be made public on July 5, 2023, the date of the invasion.
* May 14 (Ukraine War) - Ukrainian forces arrive at the Crimean border.
* May 15 (Ukraine War) - In a speech in front of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin states, "Their is no doubt that NATO has mercenaries and operatives in Ukraine. This is a direct threat to Russian sovereignty that will not be left unchecked." NATO denied the allegations in an official statement.

* File:German Leopard 2 Tanks.jpg  May 20 (Operation Whitefall) - Operation Whitefall begins as 800,000 NATO coalition soldiers enter Belarus. Military and industrial targets inside Belarus are bombed. Russian troops hastily evacuate Belarus under a direct order from Putin, as he doesn't want to start a Third World War.

* May 23 (Ukraine War) - Russia declares war on Moldova, bring Moldova into the Russo-Ukraine War. 10,000 Russian soldiers stationed in Transnistria make a spearhead towards Chișinău, the Moldovan capital.